Tagged ‘VaYera’
Parshat VaYera, 5778
by Rabbi Isaac Mann I would like to share with you a very insightful ethical interpretation of a midrashic comment that I heard in the name of Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Pam, who was the Rosh ha-Yeshiva of Mesivta Torah Vodaath … Continue reading »
Parashat VaYera
By Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman This week’s Torah portion tells the story of several crisis points in the life of one ancient family. As the parashah opens, the family constellation includes husband Abraham, first wife- Sarah, surrogate mother-Hagar and the firstborn … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayera
Every year we read the same parashiyot, in the same order, always finding something new. This year, my discovery came last Rosh HaShanah, when I reviewed this week’s parashah, Vayera. We all know Parashat Vayera. Angels visit Abraham, Abraham argues with God, God … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayera
Every year we read the same parashiyot, in the same order, always finding something new. This year, my discovery came last Rosh HaShanah, when I reviewed this week’s parashah, Vayera. We all know Parashat Vayera. Angels visit Abraham, Abraham argues with God, God … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayera – Seeing God
By Laurie Levy The verb reish-aleph-hey occurs three times in the first two verses of this week’s parashah. I think this points to a lesson about what it means to see – really see. Last week we ended with Abraham … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayera
By Jaron Matlow Water is a very simple chemical molecule. It contains one Oxygen atom and two Hydrogen atoms, and it appears in the shape of the letter V. Despite its simplicity, or perhaps because of it, water has tremendous … Continue reading »
Parashat Vayera
By Jaron Matlow In this week’s parashah, we find myriad fascinating events which are very difficult to understand. One example is the story of Sarah, Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac (21:9-13). The peak of this event (21:10) is that Sarah … Continue reading »
VaYera
By Rabbi Aryeh Meir In this parashah we are shown both the greatness of Avraham and his response to difficulties and tests that he faces: He argues with God over the destruction of S’dom and Amora; he nearly loses Sarah … Continue reading »
