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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

Page No.s

106 132 80

1136 1382 90

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

13 November 1 Kislev

‫שבת‬

14 November 2 Kislev

Ben Solomons Marie Lewis Susan Kaitcer Helen Morris

Brother Father Mother Mother

Gwen Greene Ruth Abisgold

Mother Husband

Joanna Higson Joe Dwek Lauren Davies Anthony Horne

Sister Mother Father Father

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

AM Showers

Kiddushim 7 November Unsponsored

Rabbi Joel Portnoy

a burial site free of charge, but he insists

13o High 14 November Rebecca & David Simon

21 November Community Kiddush

7o Overnight Low


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