Re: Death Of Sarah

Jsph26@aol.com
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:32:14 -0400

Sally Fleischman asked:
>In the beginning of parshat chayei sarah, it says that Sarah died in Kiryat
>Arbah and Avraham came to eulogize her. Why was Sarah in Kiryat Arbah?
>Shouldn't she have been in be'er sheva?

The reason why Sarah was in Kiyas Arbah is such: Kiryas Arbah is named
partly because of the four giants who lived there. Sarah went to the giants
and asked them if they could see anything on the mountain. They told her
that they saw an old man about to sacrifice a young boy. When Sarah heard
that, she died. That is why she was eulogized in Kiryas Arbah.

Yussie Englander (Jsph26@AOL.COM)