Sabbath Readings - November 6, 2026

Parashah 5 Hayyei-Sarah (Sarah’s life)

Genesis 23:1–25:18

1 Kings 1:1–31

Matthew 8:19–22; 27:3–10

Luke 9:57–62

Genesis 23:1 Sarah lived to be 127 years old; these were the years of Sarah’s life. ² Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an; and Avraham came to mourn Sarah and weep for her. ³ Then he got up from his dead one and said to the sons of Het, ⁴ “I am a foreigner living as an alien with you; let me have a burial site with you, so that I can bury my dead wife.” ⁵ The sons of Het answered Avraham, ⁶ “Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us, so choose any of our tombs to bury your dead — not one of us would refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

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Luke 9:⁵⁷ As they were traveling on the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ⁵⁸ Yeshua answered him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own.” ⁵⁹ To another he said, “Follow me!” but the man replied, “Sir, first let me go away and bury my father.” ⁶⁰ Yeshua said, “Let the dead bury their own dead; you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of G-d!” ⁶¹ Yet another said, “I will follow you, sir, but first let me say good-by to the people at home.” ⁶² To him Yeshua said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and keeps looking back is fit to serve in the Kingdom of G-d.”

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Thank the Most High for the life of Abraham and our new prayer points thus far. Next week, we will begin the week talking about Sarah and Abraham, and end with the next patriarch, Isaac.

Have a blessed and powerful Friday. The Sabbath is approaching.

Shalom Aleichem