Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה

Chayei Sarah 2011 _D. The Life of Sarah. Gen. 23:1 – 25:18. I. This Parsha starts immediately with what is seemingly, a contradiction. The title is rendered, ‘The Life of Sarah’, yet begins with her death. It is such an anomaly that calls to us and begs us to sniff out the hidden treasures! Shall we? And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah. ‫ויהיו חיי שרה מאה שנה ועשרים שנה ושבע‬ ַ ׁ ְ ָׁ ִ ׂ ֶ ְ ָׁ ָ ֵ ָ ׂ ַּ ּ ְ ַּ ֶ ָ ְ ָ ָ ֵ ִ