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Thursday, Mar-Cheshvan 20, 5785 / November 21, 2024
This week’s Parsha, Chayei Sarah, begins with the passing of Sarah. This happened right after G-d tested Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice his son Isaac (Yitzchak), Sarah’s only child. Although only a test, it had a profound effect on Sarah, and she passed away. In the beginning of the Parsha we read how Abraham went about to choose a burial plot for his wife, Sarah. He chose the cave of Machpeila in the city of Hebron.
The Parsha also tells how Abraham sends his trusted servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Isaac. The Torah relates in great detail how Rivkah was chosen to be a wife for Isaac. The Parsha also tells about the passing of Abraham and ends with the passing of Abraham’s son, Yishmael.
Q. How old was Sarah at the time of her passing?
A. One hundred and twenty-seven.
Q. How old was Abraham when Sarah passed away?
A. Abraham was ten years older than Sarah. Thus, Abraham was one hundred and thirty-seven.
Q. How long did Abraham live?
A. One hundred and seventy-five years.
Q. How long did Yishmael live?
A. One hundred and thirty-seven years.
Q. How long did Isaac live?
A. One hundred and eighty. Isaac lived the longest of the three patriarchs.
Q. In addition to Yishmael and Isaac did Abraham have any other children?
A.The Parsha tells us that after Sarah’s passing, Abraham took a wife, Keturah (some say it was Hagar), and had six sons. Thus, in total Abraham had eight sons. However, G-d told Abraham that His promise that from your seed will be a great nation will be from Isaac, not from his other children.
Q. How old was Rivkah when Eliezer chose her for a wife for Isaac? How old was Isaac?
A. Rivkah was three years at that time. Isaac was forty; thirty-seven years older than Rivkah. Rivkah gave birth to the twins, Esau & Jacob, twenty years later when she was 23.
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