Parshat Chayey Sarah with Reb Meir Elkabas - Lineage Over Righteousness

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Shalom everybody and welcome back to insights in the par of the week parhat based on the insights of rabbi and breast teachings. So in this para after senu is buried andu is now seeking to get married off to find a good worthy righteous wife for his son. the midash in the end of last week's para after the whole story of the and it was a big test of because on one and it was a big test of because on one handm told Abraham that from you'll have descendants and offspring through specifically and then he tells him to bring him make him an offering as an offering on the altar on the inoria. So the midrash says that Rashi quotes this midrash where he says you know I almost lost I should have gotten him married already if I would have gotten him married then this wouldn't have him married then this wouldn't have happened you know he would have already had children etc and there will be continuity so the mid says like this that there was a dilemma for Abrainu the reason why he stalled the mid says why he waited so long to get married is because there was a choice of orit to find a a ze a marriage partner of who had you know had a a worthy family had you know had a a worthy family has a has a has lineage good lineage or a girl who has merit in herself she's righteous and worthy so then he thought the mid says I'm waiting for family lineage families descended from my family. Abrainu his brother right and the and etc. They're all descendants of Shem. That's why called Semites right descendants of Shem. And Abrau was

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2. 2:06descendants of Shem. And Abrau was living in the land of Kanan at the time which…
3. 4:10said you're asking me Hashem commands you to do the and you're asking me for advice…
4. 6:15disrespectful by saying you're asking me you're asking me by saying that and not talking in…
5. 8:56Brit. Okay fine this is just some background of Aner Eshkol and Mam. This is the…
6. 11:03woman for my son. So then this the slave the servant edzar said to Abraham maybe…
7. 13:08stay here instead he went to the land of which is technically part of the holy…
8. 15:43because they came from the chamber of exchanges there's still a big danger of falling back…
9. 17:47the from the daughters of an Eshko and M he didn't say only from the daughters…
10. 19:49the lineage. Okay. So this is just the final point and what comes out of all…

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