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For love of Sarah and the mother of the Master, a teaching about the death of Sarah in Parashat Chayei Sarah juxtaposed against the traditional story of the Dormition of Mary and her interment in the Tomb of Mary near the Garden of Gethsemane.

Dormition of Mary

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D. T. Lancaster

D. T. Lancaster

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For love of Sarah and the mother of the Master, a teaching about the death of Sarah in Parashat Chayei Sarah juxtaposed against the traditional story of the Dormition of Mary and her interment in the Tomb of Mary near the Garden of Gethsemane. This teaching was originally presented on Shabbat Chayei Sarah 5769.

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