Torah Pearls #5 – Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18)

Sir Thank You. I have a question. Noah’s Sons were married and old enough to have children but only after flood receded they had children. Any significance in that. I thought Mr.Johnson the radical would raise that question would it be possible to answer please.

I really just use the kjv, and i had proved by a couple passages out of it that nose rings were ok, but after i heard this a couple weeks ago, i started looking through other translations and got kind of excited about this. So much so that i went to get my nose pierced yesterday. The woman was covered in tattoos, we joked around for a minute, then i kid you not she looked up and put her hands together and said “God thank you for bringing good people to me”. I said “its funny you should mention God, cause thats exactly why im getting my nose pierced” and i went through and told her every positive time that nose rings come up in the bible and expounded. It made an impact on her, it made me feel good to share that with her, and i wanted to tell you and thank you because i learn so much from you; Everything from Gods name to the ring in my nose 🙂

Gen 25:12-16  Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations:
the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth;
and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 
Hadar, and Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Do you think Genesis 18 is our only example of Holy Convocation? In it God as the human visitor accepts hospitality then talks one on one with Abraham. Instead of building a puppet or a bema. I hope to find your section which has Gen 18.

Chinese traditionally also keep mourning for seven days when parents past away，often wearing white clothes or wear some white flower on black armband. Called 頭七. Also seven!

I believe that when Yehovah changed Sarai’s name to Sarah (Hebrew from the root saw-raw), that it is the same root as Israel; appropriate as she will be the mother of the nation!
I also wonder if the discussion about the meaning of the contract for the cave of Machpelah might not be about covenant but about ‘standing up’ the boarder markers for the new owner. As it says in Torah, that it is forbidden to move the markers.

Marriage licenses did not exist until the 18th century with the introduction of the Napoleonic civil law code. Prior to that, marriages were concluded between families or else the fathers of the the bride and groom negotiated the marriage and dowry. Often as not, up until Napoleonic times, mutual consent by the bride and groom was all that was needed–not even a priest. The Israelites exceptionally let the future bride decide herself if she wanted to accept, this was otherwise not generally the case.
Nowadays, many countries require a civil marriage license prior to having a church wedding. There are many interesting publications on the topic of marriage in ancient times, worth reading!

Thank you for the Torah portion. I always lean a lot. It will be interesting if the team can repeat the program each year emphasizing different aspects.
Do you know the 12 tribes of Ishmael

Not nose ring, ear rings according to older texts of the Torah.

My comment is actually a question I was hoping you might address during your discussion. Is it true that once Abraham took Yitshaq to be offered as a sacrifice that Sarah left Abraham and never saw him again?
Gen 20:1 Abraham stayed in Gerar.
Gen 21: 32-34 Abraham is at Beersheba and travels in the land of the Philistines.
Gen 22:2 YHVH tells Abraham to take Yitshaq to Moriyah.
Gen 22:19 Abraham returns to Beersheba and dwelt at Beersheba.
THEN Gen 23:2 Sarah died in Qiryath, Arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Kenaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
I am not really familiar with the geographic locations of the ancient lands but isn’t Hebron different from Beersheba? Why did Abraham have to come to mourn Sarah? Why was Sarah in Hebron and not Beersheba? Did Abraham’s obedience to YHVH regarding Yitshaq cause Sarah to leave Abraham, breaking up their marriage? I have heard this taught and wondered what Jewish understanding is regarding this possibility.
Thank you for your wonderful lessons – I really enjoy Torah Pearls!!

Hi Nehemia my name is arturo and want to say that u have been a light to better understand tha word of Jehovah
I have a question why israel uses the star of 6 points and why it is call David’s star thank you for sharing you knowledge with us may Jehovah blees you.

In regards to paying the full price, if he would have got a deal, would that not possibly come back with idea of not really sealing the deal? It would in a sense keep a connection to the seller.

According to Orthodox Judaism She was 3 years old and the water containers were coming up and down the well by magic.

When Laban ran out to the well to meet the servant he said “Come in, O blessed of the LORD” (24:31). And then in verses 50-51 Laban again refers to “The LORD.”

Are we to understand that Laban actually uses the name Yehovah? And if so, does that indicate that they already knew about the God of Abraham? Is it possible that in that region people were already worshipping Yehovah?

That was an awesome hour of teaching. Thank You, so very much.

I just can’t help but wonder if there is a link between the song and the portion… Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future’s not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be

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Great Reasonings! I truly Appreciate this. YAHWEH be with you

28:49 Why else circumcision?

Reference Gen 24:63 and the word לָשׂוּחַ which Nehemia translated as pray and I think Jono said his translation said ‘meditate’. A few years ago I checked several types of dictionaries as well as a Talmud portion that discusses this verse. As I recall, לָשׂוּח means ‘to go for a walk’, perhaps not as strenuous as a hike. I think the Talmud takes the word לָשׂוּחַ and morphs it into שיח meaning ‘conversation’ and thus ‘prayer’. Perhaps the correct translation would be ‘And Issac went out for a walk…’

Thank you Nehemia!

If you like to read the transcript in INDONESIAN, please read it here: https://mutiaratorah.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/mutiara-torah-5-chayei-sarah/

Perhaps Eleazar did not go alone, 10 camels with men and gifts, you have to pay a bride price to the father, the nose ring and bracelets were betrothal gift for her; marks her as legaly married, so that’s why all the running; imagine what the entorage would look like to them with wealth. The days to say were to prepare her for consumation, most likely her time of neddah. Legality or proof of marriage was nose ring and bracelts (marriage certificate).

In old England, when someone was caught lying, they cut a “knotch” out of their hand to brand them as untrustworthy. Before anyone could be a “witness” in court cases, they had to produce their right hand to prove they weren’t lying.