PARSHAH PICKS: Someone Has to Pay Retail, Arranged Marriages?, and more... (Chayei Sarah)

Thursday, October 28, 2010

PARSHAH PICKS: Someone Has to Pay Retail, Arranged Marriages?, and more... (Chayei Sarah)

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

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That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Parshah Picks

Cheshvan 19, 5771 · October 27, 2010

General Overview:

In this week's Torah reading, Chayei Sarah, Sarah dies and Abraham purchases the Cave of Machpela as a burial plot for his wife. Abraham's servant travels to Aram to find a wife for Isaac. Isaac marries Rebecca. Abraham dies.

This Week's Features

Printable Parshah Magazine



THE PARSHAH
	Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1-25:18 A bit about death, a lot about marriage and the art of storytelling. Also: 400 shekels, 10 camels, two bracelets and a ring, a third wife and six more sons -- in this week's Torah reading of Chayei Sarah

COLUMNISTS
	What's on Your Business Card? No name, no identity, no "Harvard Grad '86, Yale '89, fed the starving in Albania in '97, joined the March for the Homeless 2000, top executive in a Fortune 500 company, board member at the local JCC, plays golf to support the local Hadassah chapter, and has a wonderful relationship with his three exes..." By Levi Avtzon

	The Tree of Life Oedipus, schmoedipus! When the Torah tells us that when Isaac married Rebecca and brought her home, "behold, it was Sarah, his mother" -- it means something else entirely By Boruch Cohen

	Arranged Marriages? Is it true that traditionally, Jewish marriages were arranged marriages? I've also heard that it's still practiced amongst the more religious Jews... By Shlomo Yaffe

FEATURED VIDEO
	Torah in Ten: Chayei-Sarah By Chaim Miller

	Burying the Dead Practical Parshah - Chayei Sarah How Abraham's responds to the loss of his wife, Sarah, teaches us how to properly honor those who have passed on. By Mendel KaplanAirs Oct. 26

FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES
	Parshah Insight A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel SchochetDownload Listen (6:12)

	Parshah Thought A five minute weekly Torah thought based on the teachings of Chassidut. By Berel BellDownload Listen (4:47)

	Kabbalah on the Bible The Kabbalistic approach to the weekly Torah reading By Mendel KaplanDownload Listen (1:13:12)

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