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    The document summarizes key details about Sarah's life from the Torah and Zohar. The Torah describes her life as spanning 100 years and 20 years and 7 years. The Zohar describes it as 90 years before Isaac's birth and 37 years with Isaac. A math puzzle asks students to fill in details like Sarah's age at Isaac's birth (90) and Abraham's age (100) based on hints in their names. It also asks students to identify the period most significant to Sarah (the 37 years described in the first word's gematria) and words connected to that concept.

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    Life of Sarah Parsha Math

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    The document summarizes key details about Sarah's life from the Torah and Zohar. The Torah describes her life as spanning 100 years and 20 years and 7 years. The Zohar describes it as 90 years before Isaac's birth and 37 years with Isaac. A math puzzle asks students to fill in details like Sarah's age at Isaac's birth (90) and Abraham's age (100) based on hints in their names. It also asks students to identify the period most significant to Sarah (the 37 years described in the first word's gematria) and words connected to that concept.

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    The document summarizes key details about Sarah's life from the Torah and Zohar. The Torah describes her life as spanning 100 years and 20 years and 7 years. The Zohar describes it as 90 years before Isaac's birth and 37 years with Isaac. A math puzzle asks students to fill in details like Sarah's age at Isaac's birth (90) and Abraham's age (100) based on hints in their names. It also asks students to identify the period most significant to Sarah (the 37 years described in the first word's gematria) and words connected to that concept.

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    Life of Sarah Parsha Math

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    Rabbi Benyomin Hoffman
    The document summarizes key details about Sarah's life from the Torah and Zohar. The Torah describes her life as spanning 100 years and 20 years and 7 years. The Zohar describes it as 90 years before Isaac's birth and 37 years with Isaac. A math puzzle asks students to fill in details like Sarah's age at Isaac's birth (90) and Abraham's age (100) based on hints in their names. It also asks students to identify the period most significant to Sarah (the 37 years described in the first word's gematria) and words connected to that concept.

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    PARSHA MATH

    Life of Sarah, first of the Mothers


    Sarah’s life was described in two sets of periods:
    The Torah describes her life as 100 years and 20 years and 7 years
    The Zohar describes her life as 90 years and 37 years
    According to the Zohar, her life consisted of the years prior to the birth of
    Yitzchak (90 years) and the years of her life together with Yitzchak (37
    years)

    1. An important hint to the importance of the birth of Yitzchak (‫ )יצחק‬was


    indicated in his name. The second letter indicates the age of Sarah at his
    birth the fourth letter indicates the age of Avrohom at this birth. What are
    those ages?
    2. Fill in the chart below for years of the special events in Sarah’s life
    (Hint: Avrohom was born in 1948)

    Year from
    SARAH Event
    Creation
    ?? Birth of Sarah
    25 ?? Sarah Married
    90 ?? Birth of Yitzchak
    127 ?? Death of Sarah

    3. The Gematria (numeric value of the letters) of the first word of the Parsha
    hints which period was most significant to the life of Sarah. Which period is
    it?
    4. Which two of the following words are connected to the concept above?
    ‫אדם‬
    ‫הבל‬
    ‫רבקה‬
    ‫לאה‬
    ‫יחידה‬
    5. Bonus: At what age did Rivkah get married? (see end of last week’s Parsha)

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    PARSHA MATH
    6. Bonus: Who else “lived” 127 years (Medrosh)

    NOTES FOR TEACHER OR PARENT


    Age group – 12 years and up
    Objective of this lesson:
    Appreciate math in the Parsha
    Introduction to concepts within Judaism of words and their numeric values

    ANSWER SHEET

    1. 90 = ‫ יצחק צ‬years (Sarah) 100 = ‫ ק‬years (Avrohom)


    2.
    Year from
    SARAH Event
    Creation
    1958 Birth of Sarah
    25 1973 Sarah Married
    90 2048 Birth of Yitzchak
    127 2085 Death of Sarah

    3. First word in the Parsha is ‫ויהיו‬, numeric value totals 37

    4. ‫ הבל‬son of Adom and Chavah – numerical value 37

    ‫ יחידה‬highest level of the soul – numerical value 37

    5. Rivkah was born when Sarah died. Yitzchak was married at 40.
    Thus, Rivkah was three years old when she was married

    6. Avrohom also “lived” 127 years. According to one Medrosh


    Avrohom recognized HaShem when he was 48 years

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    PARSHA MATH
    old. His life had a total of 175 years. Thus, after he
    recognized HaShem, he “lived” 127 years.

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