Chayei Sarah 5786: Life after loss

Posted by Pardes Faculty on November 9, 2025
Topics: Tanakh, Pardes from Jerusalem, Bereishit (Genesis), Torah, Chaye Sarah

How do we transform loss into legacy?

In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Chayei Sarah as a meditation on grief, memory, and legacy. They discuss Avraham’s careful purchase of the burial cave as the first act of rootedness in the Land of Israel, his need for a physical place to mourn, and how burial transforms loss into continuity. Linking Avraham’s mourning for Sarah to today’s national and personal mourning in Israel, they reflect on commemoration, legacy, and the power of creating living memorials that carry love and purpose forward.

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