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 The Death of

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SaraJi

Lesson XII

THE DEATH OF SARAH (Genesis

And Abraham came (Genesis XXIII,

The memory

.

X,

to

mourn

XXllI) for

Sarah, and to weep

for her.

2.)

of the righteous shall be for a blessing.

(Proverbs

7.)

Read It

is

II

Samuel XIX,

1-5.

told of a rabbi of old that be boasted,

"Never bave

my bome 'Home', but I I called my wife ^Wife' nor 'Wife' ". always called my wife 'Home' and my bome

bave It

is

else, our Jewisb indeed a beautiful tbougbt, for above all the true Jewmake women, our Jewisb wives and mothers, noblest, truest, tbe as isb home, recognized by all tbe world the that all of and most beautiful and inspiring example inand holiness bome can and should be. All the love and mothers, and wives spiration, which radiate from our Jewish temples hallowed by sanctify our homes, and make of them

God's very presence.

An

ancient,

rabbinical

legend beautifully

illustrates

the

and mother in the bome. While the homage the synagogue on Friday eve to olTer

influence of the wife

father goes to

of the past unto God, and to thank Him for tbe blessings tbe week for favor and protection His week, and to implore supervise to home at remains usually to come, the mother at dusk just and Sabbath, joyous the all preparations for gladSabbath of symbols the lights, to kindle the Sabbath

ness and Sabbath blessing in the home.

Then she and

the