Torah Portion Week 5 22-23
Chayei Sarah – “Life of Sarah” – Gen 23:1 – 25:18
Death of Sarah, Purchase of Machpela & Eliezeer sent to get Rebekkah
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23:1-2 – The Sarah you never saw: (we read this last week)
Jasher 23:1-19 https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/23.htm
- Compassion (tender) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+145%3A8-9%2C+1+pet+1%3A22%2C+rom+12%3A10%2C+&version=KJV
- Reminder of the servant forgiven the debt
- Jasher 23:76-90
- Jubilees 19:3 – Abraham was tried in this manner – his Ruach was found patient
- Take it patiently: Sirach 2:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach+2%3A1-11%2C+&version=RSV
Writings of Abraham 148-153, https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Order-of-The-Ancients.pdf
23:20 – These are more deeds of Abraham, completely humble. Who is our neighbor (Good Samaritan)?
https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=KJV
Doing good to all (neighbors) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+pet+2%3A17%2C+heb+12%3A14%2C+1+cor+5%3A9-12%2C+matt+9%3A10-13%2C+luke+19%3A1-10%2C+matt+5%3A14-16%2C+lev+19%3A18&version=NASB
Winning Souls Writings of Abraham 55 (pg 86), 80 (pg 106)
- How can we ever think to make true converts hating the people outside of covenant
- Contrast with how jews today think of outsiders?
- Jasher 24:8-10
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24:15 – Answering prayer before even asked – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+65%3A17-25&version=KJV
24:48 – We can ask him to go before us still this day
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25-end – Jasher 26:21-End
