{"id":37613,"date":"2018-08-12T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=37613"},"modified":"2022-03-07T08:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T06:59:39","slug":"sarah-finally-understands-the-suffering-she-caused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/sarah-finally-understands-the-suffering-she-caused\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Finally Understands the Suffering She Caused"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[391,428,427],"acf":{"old_id":"37613","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":36154,"related_cahpter":"23","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Sarah dies not only because of her husband\u2019s actions, but also because of her own","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does the Torah tell us of Sarah\u2019s death right after it tells us the story of the Akedah, the binding of her son Isaac? Rashi answers that when Sarah received the news that her son was almost slaughtered, her soul flew from her and she died. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashi\u2019s draws his brief answer from earlier midrashic traditions. In one of these traditions, when Isaac returns from the Akedah, Sarah asks him where he has been. He replies that his father took him on a journey and was about to kill him when an angel interceded. On hearing Isaac\u2019s answer, Sarah cries out six times, cries which correspond to the shofar sounds, and then she dies (Leviticus Rabbah 20:2). \u00a0The midrash from Leviticus Rabbah focuses on the effect of Abraham\u2019s actions on Sarah. She dies from shock, from the news of what her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">husband <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was about to do to their son. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Rashi\u2019s briefer comment, one that does not name Abraham, offers us another possibility. Genesis 23:1 concludes with the words \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh&#8217;nei hayyei sarah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d most easily translated as, \u201cthe years of Sarah\u2019s life.\u201d But the word \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh&#8217;nei<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (years) can also be understood midrashically as \u201ctwo.\u201d Sarah had two lives, or rather two understandings of her life: one from before the Akedah and one after. When Sarah receives the news of her son Isaac\u2019s near slaughter by his father, she finally understands what <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>she<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did to Hagar in casting her out with her son Ishmael to almost death in the desert. She dies not only because of her husband\u2019s actions, but also because of her own. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah dies after the Akedah from a deep and tragic sadness, knowing now the suffering she caused another mother like her.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":56733,"id":56733,"title":"isam1-sarah_hagar","filename":"isam1-sarah_hagar.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isam1-sarah_hagar.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/a-new-era-starts-with-the-same-old\/isam1-sarah_hagar\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"isam1-sarah_hagar","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":56732,"date":"2019-06-03 12:43:20","modified":"2022-03-07 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