05 Hayyei-Sarah חַיֵּי שָֹרָה

“In the third month after the people of Isra’el had left the land of Egypt, the same day they came to the Sinai Desert. After setting out from Refidim and arriving at the Sinai Desert, they set up camp in the desert; there in front of the mountain, Isra’el set up camp. Moshe went up to God, and Adonai called to him from the mountain: “Here is what you are to say to the household of Ya‘akov, to tell the people of Isra’el: ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you will be a kingdom of cohanim for me, a nation set apart.’ These are the words you are to speak to the people of Isra’el.” Moshe came, summoned the leaders of the people and presented them with all these words which Adonai had ordered him to say.” (Exodus 19:1–7, CJB)

Parasha 05: Hayyei-Sarah Excerpt

Genesis 23:1–6 (CJB)

¹Sarah lived to be 127 years old; these were the years of Sarah’s life. ²Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an; and Avraham came to mourn Sarah and weep for her. ³Then he got up from his dead one and said to the sons of Het, ⁴“I am a foreigner living as an alien with you; let me have a burial site with you, so that I can bury my dead wife.” ⁵The sons of Het answered Avraham, ⁶“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us, so choose any of our tombs to bury your dead—not one of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

Stern, David H. Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament). 1st ed. Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998.

Sabbath Service

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Scripture

TORAH

Genesis 23:7-20 Sarah’s Death and Burial
Genesis 24:1-67 Isaac and Rebecca
Genesis 25:1-18 Avraham’s Death and His Descendants

PROPHETS

1 Kings 1:1-4 David in His Old Age
1 Kings 1:5-10 Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King
1 Kings 1:11-27 Nathan and Bathsheba Before David
1 Kings 1:28-31 Solomon Anointed King

B’rit Hadashah – New Testament

John 15:9–12 (CJB)

⁹“Just as my Father has loved me, I too have loved you; so stay in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commands, you will stay in my love—just as I have kept my Father’s commands and stay in his love. ¹¹I have said this to you so that my joy may be in you, and your joy be complete.

¹²“This is my command: that you keep on loving each other just as I have loved you.

GOSPEL

Matthew 8:19–22 (CJB)

¹⁹A Torah-teacher approached and said to him, “Rabbi, I will follow you wherever you go.” ²⁰Yeshua said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own.” ²¹Another of the talmidim said to him, “Sir, first let me go and bury my father.” ²²But Yeshua replied, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Matthew 27:3–10 (CJB)

³When Y’hudah, who had betrayed him, saw that Yeshua had been condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the head cohanim and elders, ⁴saying, “I sinned in betraying an innocent man to death.” “What is that to us?” they answered. “That’s your problem.” ⁵Hurling the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, he left; then he went off and hanged himself.

⁶The head cohanim took the silver coins and said, “It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.” ⁷So they decided to use it to buy the potter’s field as a cemetery for foreigners. ⁸This is how it came to be called the Field of Blood, a name it still bears. ⁹Then what Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke was fulfilled, “And they took the thirty silver coins, which was the price the people of Isra’el had agreed to pay for him, ¹⁰and used them to buy the potter’s field, just as the Lord directed me.”^q