mortality

Confronting Mortality by Counting  Days No one wants to confront their mortality. Avraham did, and he sought a way to establish a legacy In this week’s Torah portion of Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18), Abraham realizes that he is aging, and it is time to help his son Isaac find a wife. Marriage would guarantee future generations who would walk in Abraham’s footsteps. To describe Abraham’s age, the Torah says that “Abraham was old, advanced in days”(Genesis 24:1). The statement “advanced i