Hayye Sara (Chayei Sarah, Chaye Sarah, or Hayye Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה — Hebrew for “life of Sarah,” the first words in the parshah) (Genesis 23:1–25:18) has many Human Rights messages for our day and age.

Hayye Sara has provided many ideas for the Rabbis of Rabbis for Human Rights to discuss the meaning of the narratives of the purchase of a burial place for Sarah in Hebron, the search and selection of a wife for Isaac, the story of Rebekah by the well, Rebekah’s mother’s household and the meeting of Isaac and Rebekah, Abraham’s marriage to Keturah, the birth of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah, the death and burial of Abraham in the cave of Machpelah in Hebron with Sarah, Isaac settling near Beer-lahai-roi and Ishmael’s progeny dwelling in lands all the way from Havilah, near Egypt, to Asshur.

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Hayye Sara: Needs common to all humanity

And God said ,
“Should I hide from Avraham what I am about to do (in Sedom)?” as Avraham will be a great and powerful nation and all the peoples of the earth will be blessed through him. I have known him so that he will instruct his children and his household that they will follow [...]

I admit it. I was dead wrong. I was certain that Barack Obama would lose; convinced that latent prejudice was still alive and well in the United States. While racism did play a part in the presidential election (fueled by the McCain-Palin campaign), it was not significant enough to send Obama packing.
America has come of [...]

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR). In many ways, this is a sad occasion for the organization and the original nucleus of rabbis there at its inception. Not long ago, when RHR dedicated its new office, much more spacious than its previous one, I remarked: “We [...]

The Minister of Finance time after time says not to mix politics and economics and I would like to ask him how can he separate it. The minister himself is a politician and his acts are according to his political views.
Economics is not an exact science and the finance system is according to the political [...]

Pre petition on the subject of the Nawagaa family was submitted. As opposed to the Supreme Court ruling that said that the security forces have to let the Palestinians into their land for agricultural work, without coordination unless there is danger to Israelis, the army would not let the Nawajaa family into their land and [...]

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR). In many ways, this is a sad occasion for the organization and the original nucleus of rabbis there at its inception. Not long ago, when RHR dedicated its new office, much more spacious than its previous one, I remarked: “We [...]

THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 10, 2008
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The left-wing Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) decided on Thursday to sign on to a petition of NGOs expressing concern that the 2009 follow-up conference to the Durban Conference of 2001 could be hijacked by anti-Semitic and anti-Israel parties.
The organization is a trans-denominational [...]

אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁפָּט עֹשֵׂה צְדָקָה בְכָל-עֵת
תהילים קו:ג
Happy are those who act justly, who do right at all times
Psalms 106:3
Rabbis for Human Rights is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel.
Rabbis for Human Rights was established with the purpose of giving voice to the Zionist ideal and the Jewish religious tradition of human rights.
Rabbis for Human [...]