November 23, 2024; 22 Cheshvan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
"Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places." (Bereishis 23:6)
The Midrash Tanchuma says (Behar 1): “’Be not alarmed by a man of evil eye.’ (Mishlei 28:22) This [verse] refers to Ephron the Hittite. When Sarah died, Avraham went to Ephron to purchase the cave from him. Avraham said to Ephron, ‘Give me its value.’ Ephron replied, ‘The land is worth four hundred Shekels of silver, between me and you, what is it?’ Avraham began to weigh out the silver to Ephron, as it is said, ‘And Avraham listened to Ephron, and Avraham weighed out [the silver] to Ephron.’ ...