Sarah’s Life is Yitzchak – A Quick Chop on Parshas Chayei Sarah 5770
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Loading ...The Zohar tells us a statement of Rabbi Chiyah: “At the time of the Akeida of Yitzchak he was thirty-seven years of age. These thirty-seven years, from the birth of Yitzchak until the Akeida, the life of Sarah is precisely calculated ויהיו as the gematriah of thirty-seven years” (זח”א קכג.)
What is Rabbi Chiyah stressing by saying that the life of Sarah was Yitzchak’s life? We know of course that the rest of the pasuk describes all of the attributes that Sarah possesed and even Rabbi Chiyah is saying that this is the life of Sarah. Her entire life was to get her son to be that perfect sacrifice.
Our Rabbis generally stress the significance of her age. Rabbi Chiyah, however, says that we learn the most about Sarah’s life through the word ויהיו, because this alludes to her dedication her Yitzchak. Sarah dedicated her entire life to prepare Yitzchak for the Akeida. Her existence was all about making Yitzchak into the gibor ready to sacrifice himself to Hashem. It is no wonder then, that her passing was timed at the Akeida. Once she fulfilled her tachlis, her purpose in this world, she was ready to move into the World to Come. May we all have the opportunity to fulfill our tachlis in this world!
Categories: Parshas Chayei Sarah
