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Parshat Chayei Sarah
25 Cheshvan 5776 7 November 2015
Service Times Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat
16:10
(Candle Lighting)
16:10
Shacharit
09:00
Leining
10:00
Artscroll Gutnick Hertz
Mincha follows kiddush Shabbat terminates
17:18
Ma’ariv
17:35
Weekday
Leining Haftarah
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Thought For The Week
Shacharit
Ma’ariv Only
Sun
09:00
19:30
Mon
07:00
19:30
Tues
07:00
19:30
Wed
07:00
19:30
Thur
06:45
19:30
Sarah dies while she and Avraham are in
Avraham insists that he pay its value.
Fri
06:45
16:00*
Canaan, where they own no land. Avraham
When Efron sees a determined purchaser,
Candle Lighting 16:00 *Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat
approaches the local tribe of Chet and
he decides to take advantage and sets a
negotiates with Efron to buy a burial cave
very high price – 400 silver shekels, which
near Kiryat Arba, in Chevron.
Avraham willingly pays.
Today these cities are among the most
It is often easy to accept a gift without
fought-over parts of Israel. The cave that
considering the long-term price. Avraham
Avraham bought became the burial place
knew that this land would belong to his
of the three Avot – Avraham, Yitzchak
descendants, and he wanted to establish
and Yaakov – and three of the four Imahot
ownership of Chevron, publicly and clearly
–Sarah, Rivka and Leah. According to
– the facts are repeated and empha-
Midrashim, Adam and Chava were also
sised in the text (Bereshit 23:17-20).
buried there, which explains why Avraham
Avraham didn’t want to become beholden
wanted to buy this piece of land in par-
or indebted to Bnei Chet by accepting
ticular.
their gift, and he wanted to establish his
Who Owns Chevron?
Chayim Arukim
to Brenton Walshaw on the loss of his brother
and to all those who have Yahrtzeit this week as follows שבת
7 November 25 Cheshvan
Sun
8 November 26 Cheshvan
Tues
10 November 28 Cheshvan
Wed
11 November 29 Cheshvan
Fri
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שבת
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Mother Husband
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David Finestein Father Tony Alex
Mother
indelible footprint in the Jewish land for Jimmy Attias
Mother
The Torah gives us a detailed transcript
all time.
Mazeltov
of the negotiation between Avraham and
Katie Rappaport and Ollie Colmans, together with their respective families, on the occasion of their marriage.
Efron. The Bnei Chet offer to give Avraham
Ginette and Nigel Esterkin on the birth of a grandson.
on buying a piece of land. Efron, the owner,
Shabbat Weather
also tries to give it to him as a gift, but
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a burial site free of charge, but he insists
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