Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה
The Life of Sarah
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When the world around us becomes full of very real, concrete and seemingly irresolvable conflict, we need to spend some time in this sanctuary and remember the miraculous. (Click here to read more)
ESSAY: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
We enter into the sanctuary created by Sarah inside ourselves, finding our own comfort and hope and a renewed capacity for love. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
It’s not true that no one got sacrificed at the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac. Someone did get sacrificed –Sarah. Sarah’s death at the beginning of our parsha immediately follows the story of the Akedah, and Rashi famously explains the connection as causal: When an angel came to inform Sarah that her son had been
ESSAY: Listen to Her Voice (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
Sarah in some way dies from inattention, from not being properly honored and listened to. In this meditation, we work to find the Sarah inside us, the deep knowing resting place that connects us to the divine; we find this place and rest in it; we listen to it and honor it, so that Sarah
MEDITATION: Listen To the Voice of Your Own Sarah (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
Eliekh, she said. I will go. Without the fanfare of a burning furnace or an elaborate divine call. (Click image to read full poem)
POEM: Elekh: “I will Go” (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
Rivka said one word which changed her life and the world forever: Elekh — “I will go.” I will go to Canaan to marry Yitzhak. In this meditation, we explore the strength and power of this word and how we can inhabit that strength. If you would like to join our Wednesday parsha meditation group
MEDITATION: Your Power of “Elekh” — I will Go (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
I have never understood the Rashi at the beginning of this week’s parsha. Rashi is responding to theTorah’s lengthy way of telling us Sarah’s age at death — vayeheyu hayei Sarah me’ah shanah ve’esrim shanah . . . . ”Sarah’s lifetime was 100 years and 20 years and 7 years — this was the span
SHORT ESSAY: A Post-humous Celebration of Sarah (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »