parsha bit: Chayei Sarah

[cellio]

When the torah tells us about Yitzchak's marriage to Rivka, it says he married her and he loved her. The rabbis pick up on that ordering. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch teaches that this is because the wedding should not be the summit of the relationship but, rather, the seed of future love.

My usual tertiary sources failed me this week; I was looking for midrash on the portion, not commentary. Is there a collection of midrash bits, sorted by theme or (ideally) parsha, akin to Baron's quotations? It seems like a handy tool for enhancing sermons.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

I have no answer to your question, but you could draw an effective parallel between that and the song "Do You Love Me?" in Fiddler on the Roof.