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Get StartedNOVEMBER 7, 2023 - Chayei Sarah: A Marriage of Truth and Kindness
Chayei Sarah: A Marriage Of Truth And Kindness
The Midrash says that chesed and emet, Kindness and Truth, disagreed about whether God should create humankind. And the puzzling outcome of that argument was: “God took Truth and threw it to the earth.” But what does that actually mean? The answer may be in Parshat Chayei Sarah, where chesed and emet “meet up” for the very first time in a rather surprising place: the story of how Rebecca was chosen to be Isaac’s wife.
Join Ari Levisohn and Tikva Hecht as they dig into the details of this story and uncover a message about our human struggle to understand what God means by “truth.”
Looking for Rabbi Fohrman’s video discussing Abraham, Nachor, and their marriages? Check it out here: The Meaning of the Book of Ruth
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