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Chayei Sarah—The Life of Sarah

JL;DR SUMMARY Avraham Burg discusses the Torah portion Chayei Sarah, which notably starts with the concept of life despite focusing on Sarah's death at 127 years. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Torah PortionAbrahamLegacyPirkei AvotSarahIsaacIshmaelAvraham BurgChayei SarahTrials Of Abraham

Places mentioned

Hebron, Jerusalem, Israel
"So it was in Sodom and likewise in Hebron, the city of our mothers."
Sodom, Southern District, Israel
"As we see how our father Abraham prostrated himself to pray for Sodom even though he deeply hated them and their king for their wickedness, as explained in his speech to the king of Sodom (Gen. 14:2224)."
Jerusalem, Israel
"to come and explain it ourselves. Its almost certain that the binding of Isaac was one of these tests, since the Scripture says explicitly, God did prove [that is, test] Abraham (Gen. 22:1)."
Israel
"Most important change was that Rebecca was brought from Aram to Canaan to be Isaacs wife."
Iraq
"for a new, unknown homeland, the banishing of Ishmael and the binding of Isaac? All three demand that he give up something basic and precious. In Lech Lecha, Abraham was called on to give up his native surroundings, his homeland."
Turkey
"to come and explain it ourselves. Its almost certain that the binding of Isaac was one of these tests, since the Scripture says explicitly, God did prove [that is, test] Abraham (Gen. 22:1). The seminal command, Lech Lecha, Get thee out of thy country (Gen. 12:1), was a profound test."
Syria
"to come and explain it ourselves. Its almost certain that the binding of Isaac was one of these tests, since the Scripture says explicitly, God did prove [that is, test] Abraham (Gen. 22:1). The seminal command, Lech Lecha, Get thee out of thy country (Gen. 12:1), was a profound test."

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