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When Holiness Must Separate, Keturah and Avraham’s Children sent to the East – A Final Test – Chaye Sara 5786

When Holiness Must Separate, Keturah and Avraham’s Children sent to the East – A Final Test – Chaye Sara 5786

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This week’s Tuesday morning class goes into a part of Chayei Sarah nobody talks about.

Avraham gives “gifts” to the sons of Keturah and sends them east — but gives everything to Yitzḥak. Rashi calls those gifts shēm tum’ah — spiritual power without holiness.

The Vilna Gaon shows the word “הַפִּלַגְשִׁים” hides a warning: פָּלַג־שֵׁם — a split Name. The relationship held only half of HaShem’s Name.

In this class we uncover: why Avraham refused the Ketubah, how a missing letter reveals a cosmic struggle, and why only Yitzḥak carries the full Shem HaVaYaH.

Sometimes the deepest secrets of Torah aren’t in the words — they’re in the missing letter.

Listen to the full class: “When Holiness Must Separate — Chayei Sarah.”

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