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Portion chayei Sarah - but Purim ain't for another 4 months- so who is "In the Clutches of ....."

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Portion chayei Sarah - but Purim ain't for another 4 months- so who is "In the Clutches of ....."

This week in the portion writes about Sara bein buried in Hebron and it says

"She lived

100 years and

20 years and

7 years.

So what? The last 50 years she spent with Abraham but being taken captive by Pharoah -

and worse, by the lecherous King Avimelech!

Rashi explains that at 100 years she was beautiful like at 20

and at 20 as modest as a child of 7 -

Free from sin as a child!

But she was in the clutches of Middle Eastern tyrants -

Until the Almihhty appeared to warn Avimelech

and finally she was no longer in danger

The opposite numerology lesson is recorded in Megilat Esther -

7 and

20 and

100 Vassal States and their rulers.

Is tbeŕ any connection in those numbers?

A friend pointed out that the modesty of \Sarah

Is the message in the Megila - the lesson for all Jewish Children of Abraham and Sarah

Esther is in the clutches of a drunken tyrant king - Ahashverosh -

But Esther's purity and wisdom TOTALLY WOW him -

and King Achashverosh offers Esther "half my kingdom"

But she doesn"bite"!

In the end Esther and Mordechai rule it all! The 127 states ...

And the Temple in Jerusalem gets re-built because of them

For over 400 years it stands ...until - well - there are other teachings for later on.

Shabat Shalom and Health

And Thank You All!!!

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz