page_title: Chayei Sarah
section_title: Readings
hierarchical_section_title: Chayei Sarah / Readings
caption_attribution_description: English: Abraham weighes four hundred shekels of silver for the Cave, as in Genesis 23:16: "And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant." (KJV); illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible; illustrated by Gerard Hoet (1648-1733) and others, and published by P. de Hondt in The Hague; image courtesy Bizzell Bible Collection, University of Oklahoma Libraries
context_page_description: Chayei Sarah, Chaye Sarah, Hayye Sarah, or Hayyei Sara, is the fifth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 23:1–25:18. The parashah tells the stories of Abraham's negotiations to purchase a burial place for his wife Sarah and his servant's mission to find a wife for Abraham's son Isaac.
  The parashah is made up of 5,314 Hebrew letters, 1,402 Hebrew words, 105 verses, and 171 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews read it on the fifth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November, or on rare occasion in late October.
context_section_description: In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or עליות, aliyot. In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Chayei Sarah has three "open portion" (פתוחה, petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ (peh)). Parashah Chayei Sarah has one "closed portion" (סתומה, setumah) division (abbreviated with the Hebrew letter ס (samekh)) within the "open portion" (פתוחה, petuchah) division of the second (עליה, aliyah). The long first open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) spans the first five readings (עליות, aliyot). The second open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) coincides with the sixth reading (עליה, aliyah). And the third open portion (פתוחה, petuchah) coincides with the seventh reading (עליה, aliyah).
caption: Abraham Weighs Silver (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible)
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