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Living Jewish — Jewish Chayei Sarah - 5784

Выпуск: Living Jewish — Jewish Chayei Sarah - 5784. Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית. B”H Erev Shabbat Chayei Sarah, 26th of MarCheshvan, 5784; November 10th, 2023 920 Full and Empty Synagogues "But when prayers are said without con- centration, and mitzvot are performed The Baal Shem Tov gathered together a haphazardly or for the wrong reasons," small group of his disciples and bid them continued the Baal Shem Tov, "the an- to quickly get ready for a trip. There was the sound of where they appealed to the Supreme In the morning, the Baal Shem Tov and a sigh from one bemoaning the long ex- Judge to heal and have mercy, to bless his students found themselves in a small ile, or the heart-breaking sob of one un- and protect. Once outside, he told them quietly "When the prayers are said wholeheart- Haifa 4:12 5:20 and with the utmost seriousness, edly, when the mitzvot are performed "the shul that we were just in is full of Beer Sheva 4:26 5:23 with sincere intention, the newly formed Jewish prayer." angels are whole and perfectly shaped. After G‑d told him of It was then that “Yitzchak was consoled.” This week’s Torah reading, Chayei Sarah, the impending birth of Yitzchak, he begins by telling of Sarah’s death, which prayed: “May Yishmael live before You.” Avraham’s Heir features in much of the narrative. “he gave everything he owned to Yitz- statement: “Yaakov our Patriarch did not It was Sarah who demanded: “Drive away chak.” To these children “he gave gifts, die.” Although he was mourned and bur- this maidservant and her son, for [he]… and while he was still alive, he sent them ied, his descendants perpetuate his spiritual will not inherit together with my son, with eastward, to the eastern lands, away from heritage. This is the message hidden in Avraham’s burial he gave Yitzchak the name of this Torah reading: that Sa- Thus, we can appreciate Sarah’s influence precedence despite the fact that Yishmael rah’s spiritual “tree” continued to bear fruit on the events in our Torah reading. 23:1) (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev) The commentator Rashi explains, "the years of Sara's life - they were all equall

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Living Jewish

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10 ноября 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind