Parasha From a Poet's Perspective: Parashas Chayei Sarah - Life of Meaning
Parashas Chayei Sarah. So many beautiful points, so many concepts to work with. Yet we take the inspiration from some point at the beginning of the Parasha. At the start of this weeks Torah Portion we read about the death of Sarah Immeinu, and her subsequent burial at Meoras HaMachpela. We know that the verse reads, "וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה" "Sarah's lifetime was one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, the years of Sarah's life." The famous question is why does the Torah mention "Sarah's lifetime was... the years of Sarah's life." why use that double expression? Futhermore, why not just say "Sarah's lifetime was one hundred and twenty-seven years?" Why make the split between the hundreds, tens and units? Rashi says that in terms of the split when informing you of Sarah's age, the Torah was showing you that "when she was a h...