The Rabbis linked parts of the parashah to Rosh Hashanah. The Talmud directs that Jews read (the expulsion of Hagar) on the first day of Rosh Hashanah and (the binding of Isaac) on the second day. And in the Talmud, Rabbi Eliezer said that God visited both Sarah and Hannah to grant them conception on Rosh Hashanah. Rabbi Eliezer deduced this from the Bible's parallel uses of the words "visiting" and "remembering" in description of Hannah, Sarah, and Rosh Hashanah. First, Rabbi Eliezer linked Hannah's visitation with Rosh Hashanah through the Bible's parallel uses of the word "remembering." says that God "remembered" Hannah and she conceived, and describes Rosh Hashanah as "a remembering of the blast of the trumpet." Then Rabbi Eliezer linked Hannah's conception with Sarah's through the Bible's parallel uses of the word "visiting." says that "the Lord had visited Hannah," and says that "the Lord visited Sarah."