Parshas Chayei Sarah Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Plag HaMincha 6:27pm Latest time for Shema 9:40am Candle Lighting 7:33pm Shabbos Ends 8:36pm Shkiya 7:51pm Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Justin and Galit Ben-David on the occasion of Jacob's Bar-Mitzva Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Steven and Nikki Rostkier on the occasion of Dov's Bar-Mitzva Ladies Shiur Mrs Beruria Tenenbaum will be giving a ladies shiur this Shabbos Morning at 11:30am All ladies and girls welcome Reminder to please send in your Vaccination certificates Short Vort on the Parsha After Rivkah drew water for both Eliezer and his camels thereby successfully fulfilling Eliezer's criteria as a wife for Yitzchok, Eliezer adorned her with jewelry. "The man took a golden nose ring weighing a beka, and two bracelets on her arms weighing ten gold shekels" (Bereishis 24:22). Rashi explains that the nose ring weighing a beka was meant to allude to the shekalim that Bnei Yisrael would donate to the Mishkan - each weighing a beka. The two bracelets represented the two luchos and their weight of ten shekels alluded to the Ten Commandments inscribed upon them. Why did Eliezer decide to allude to Rivkah specifically regarding the money donated to the Mishkan and the Aseres HaDibros? The Maharal explains that Rivkah had just passed the exam which would allow here to gain entrance into the house of the Avos. Consequently, she was being informed that as a Matriarch of Klal Yisrael, she must ensure that her house and family would be founded on the three most fundamental pillars of Torah, avodah and gemilus chassadim. She had already proven herself as an exemplary baalas chessed, and therefore, Eliezer made allusions to the remaining two pillars of Torah (i.e. the luchos) and avodah (i.e. the Mishkan where sacrifices were offered in the service of Hashem). The Mishna in Pirkei Avos (1:2) informs us that these three pillars are not just the foundation of the house of our Avos, they are the pillars "upon which the world stands." The meforshim explain that "the pillars upon which the world stands" refers to the reasons for which the world was created.