When to STOP TRYING | Parsha Perspectives | Chayei Sarah 5786

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

elements and joining us this morning. Not looking for sympathy from those in New York and elsewhere. But I'm just saying that Bocaraton this morning when I came to Shaw at 6:15 this morning it was 46 degrees but the weather app said feels like 33 and we don't have heat. We're not set up for it. So anyway, thank you for being here. page 106. Sarah's lifetime was 100 years, 20 years and seven years. These were the lives of and seven years. These were the lives of Sara. I want to begin today is the fifth year of the great Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sakarak David Ary whom we miss terribly. By we, I mean the entire Jewish world and I would argue the world. his voice of moral clarity and insight, his brilliant mind and even more brilliant heart are sorely missed. So we'll begin with a insight he has the introduction to our para and he writes the following a well-known comment by Rash in the apparent superfluous phrase apparent superfluous phrase let's look at rashi first here the Torah adds the word year with each one the much more efficient way to have formulated it would have been she was 127 she was a 100 years and 20 years in seven years. The repetition of the word years is redundant and feels entirely unnecessary. Must come to teach something says what it comes to teach is when she was 100 she was as pure and innocent as she was at 20. So just like one is only accountable for sin so to say at 20. So too she at 100 was still as pure innocent and not accountable. She had not sinned and at 20 she was as beautiful as at at seven. So Rabbi Sax picking up on this anomaly, this teaching of Rashi writes, "How

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2. 6:05inside, not the outside. Their faith, not their often troubled circumstance. Faith helps us to find…
3. 12:17wife's life. Sara died because she heard what happened and she was literally scared to death.…
4. 18:27he quotes a different of theidic masters. And this is the great pazba hashmo colonist shaper…
5. 24:46Because she did so as an act of protest to Hashem on behalf of the Jewish…
6. 31:01You're an incredible human being. So whatever plot you want, no one's going to stop you.…
7. 37:14don't eat it Hashem I really want to watch that says don't watch it but Hashem…
8. 43:34"What's the point of all that you're giving me if there's no future? If there's no…
9. 49:53many more multiffold. Why? So Rashi quotes will also pick up on this. But when Alzar…
10. 55:58of broken engagements and very early divorces. I think there's something we need to learn and…

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