Let’s start at the end of the Parsha. When Yitzchak finishes burying his father Avraham, he travels to a place called Beer Lechai Roee. This is not where we would expect. Though the patriarchs traveled around the land of Canaan, they generally lived...

This week’s Torah Portion, Chayei Sarah, introduces us to Isaac and Rebecca’s love story. I have always been interested in Isaac and Rebecca’s relationship, and a few years ago, I used the medium of midrash to dive more deeply into their story....

Inter-generationality is the major theme of this week’s Torah reading, Chayei Sarah.  The narrative begins with the death and burial of our matriarch, Sarah.  It then continues highlighting the marriage of Isaac and Rebeccah, the inheritors of the...