Shnayim Yomi - Chayei Sarah - Sh'vi'i - #7

[Music] the final aliyah yeshmael's progeny is detailed here which fills in the madrid that we mentioned yesterday that is that ishmael is identified here not just as a person a father of these children but also that he is the son of avraham and hagar and many believe that that's a sign the fact that we are detailing his lineage the fact that he is being traced as coming from avraham is a sign that he is actually exotic again that yushma for whatever he did wrong he was mitsakh whatever he had done previously that at this point he had done chuva he had repented and it gets remembered as such is it sadik there's a whole discussion we have uh we have uh one of the greatest kahanam guido and rebecca named ishmael today you don't find many jews who are named ishmael but uh rabi small coin goddess certainly one of our greatest is named ishmael and many have pointed out that ishmael does chuva and therefore is worthy to be named for it is also uh noteworthy that he fathers 12 sons which is a parallel not to not is something not done by its club but rather than by yaakov it's a parallel that there is this idea that a person who is from the family of avram has a responsibility to bring about many tribes and children and ishmael dies and at the age of 137 once again the torah begins this parsha ends this parasha exactly where it began we begin by saying that sarah died at 127 detailing 100 years and 20 years and seven years and now we say ishmael was 100 years and 30 years and seven years the wording points us to the direction that there's a parallel between the opening and the closing the parashat not just thematically not just as bookends but also that yshmael was indeed worthy of a proper send-off because he had done chuva all we have in the text though is that he showed up for the funeral of avraham but the the commentators fill in the gaps based on these details that he was someone who indeed did do tufa [Music] you