When we examine Rashi we see that maybe Rashi meant something else. Rashi says that Sarah Imeinu died when she heard that כמעט ‘שלא’ נשחט he was not sacrificed. It should have said that she heard that he was almost sacrificed. When Sarah Imeinu heard that Yitzchak was not sacrificed, she taught that she was at fault by her upbringing him improperly thereby making him not worthy to be sacrificed, so she died. The Sifsei Chachamim explains that the meaning might be, before they had the the time to tell her that he was not sacrificed she died. The midrash asks where did Avraham come from? The Midrash answers from Har Hamoria. The meforshim explain that the question is what was his eulogy’s inspiration? To demonstrate that Sarah Imeinu raised a son who was great and worthy to be sacrificed on Har Hamoria.
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