Episode 1718: November 23, 2024: Chayei Sarah (the life of Sarah)

Download the Notes here:https://esm.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11.23.24-Congregation-TM-Notes.pdf---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Torah Portion:פָּרָּ שַׁ ת חַׁיֵּי ש ָּ רָּ הChayei Sarah“Sarah’s Life”Genesis 23:1-25:181 Kings 1:1-31John 4:3-14Genesis 20:1,2 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward thesouth country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, andsojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, Sheis my sister: And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Genesis 23:3,4 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, andspoke to the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojournerwith you: Give me a possession of a burial plot with you, that I maybury my dead out of my sight.Hebrews 11:13 In faith died all these, not having received thepromises, but from afar having seen them, and having beenpersuaded, and having saluted them, and having confessed thatstrangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no more strangers andforeigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the householdof God,While Abraham was considered a stranger and foreigner among theGentiles, those Gentiles who come to the faith of Abraham were nolonger to be considered strangers and foreigners to the God ofAbraham.