Chayeh Sara: phases of life
The durations of three lives are given in the parsha: Sarah, Avrahama and Yishmael. In each case three numbers are given; and the numbers are separated. Rashi tells us the numbers tells us something about the constancy, beauty and purity of Sarah. But what about the others?
From the years of Avraham and knowing something of his life, we can see that that 100 hundred last years were not like the first 75, which preceded his Gd- guided pilgrimage away from the traditions of his father. Perhaps he was 5 when he broke his farher’s idols?
The idea is that there are phases of life. There are times when the direction of life changes. There is childhood, sometimes a long adolescence ( 70 years for Avraham?) and then some lives.
Change is good, it can take a long ( or short) time.
prior years
The durations of three lives are given in the parsha: Sarah, Avrahama and Yishmael. In each case three numbers are given; and the numbers are separated. Rashi tells us the numbers tells us something about the constancy, beauty and purity of Sarah. But what about the others?
From the years of Avraham and knowing something of his life, we can see that that 100 hundred last years were not like the first 75, which preceded his Gd- guided pilgrimage away from the traditions of his father. Perhaps he was 5 when he broke his farher’s idols?
The idea is that there are phases of life. There are times when the direction of life changes. There is childhood, sometimes a long adolescence ( 70 years for Avraham?) and then some lives.
Change is good, it can take a long ( or short) time.
prior years
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