Sarah's Tent

Bereshit Rabbah 60:16

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"And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother" (Genesis 24:67). All the days that Sarah was alive, a cloud was bound over the entrance of her tent; when she died, that cloud ceased; and when Rebecca came, that cloud returned. All the days that Sarah was alive, the doors were open wide; and when Sarah died, that openness ceased; and when Rebecca came, that openness returned. And all the days that Sarah was alive, a blessing was sent into the dough; and when Sarah died, that blessing ceased; when Rebecca came, it returned. All the days that Sarah was alive, a lamp burned from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve; and when she died, that lamp ceased; and when Rebecca came, it returned. And when he saw that she did as his mother had done - separating her hallah-portion in purity and shaping her dough in purity - immediately "And Isaac brought her into the tent." Rabbi Yudan said: The Torah has taught you that if a person has grown sons, he should marry them off first, and afterward he himself takes a wife. From whom do you learn this? From Abraham. First, "And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother," and afterward (Genesis 25:1): "And Abraham again took a wife."

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PatriarchsShekhinahMatriarchsDivine JusticeAdam Eve

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