Sarah laughed because she could not believe that she would have. As we talk about parashat vayera, i want to start with something far afield, from an area which is totally unrelated. However, god exclusively chose levis great grandson aaron and his descendants from among all the levites to be his priests num. The prince shechem rapes dinah, whose brothers sack the city of shechem in revenge. Nov 06, 2009 our relationship to abraham serves as an example of the way we relate to time and tradition. The narrative of the binding of isaac, akeidat yitzchak, is introduced with one terse statement. In the parashah, jacob reconciles with esau after wrestling with a man. Parsha vaera produced by canfei nesharim as a part of their weekly parsha series, eitz chayim hee. Hebrew for gift or offering, the twelfth word and first distinctive word in the parashah is the nineteenth weekly torah portion. Read on 23 october 2021 17 cheshvan 5782 in the diaspora. Torah usually refers to the pentateuch, the first five books of the hebrew bible genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy.
God then tells abraham of his plan to punish the people of sodom. They are emailed out each week to youth leaders of synagogues, schools and camps throughout the world, and are posted on the young israel website for use each week and in future years. The fifth of the five books of torah presented to us by moses as dictated to him by gd, sefer devarim covers the last few weeks of moses life as. The sages state that the lord waited 30 days after the dedication of the mishkan to take the census in order to let israel mourn for the death of aarons. These books make up the story of the jewish people. Torah tots the site for jewish children parsha page. The ancient plagues of egypt check out possibly the best known torah and bible story the ten plagues.
Kol rina an independent minyan parashat vayera october 27. Parshat vayera in a nutshell god appears to abraham. One of them tells abraham that sarah will have a baby, and. Drasha is the email edition of faxhomily, a weekly torah facsimile on the weekly portion. Parshat vayakhel animated torah portions from bimbam. The tragedy of 911 must not be forgotten though, due to its magnitude, the continuing threat, and to honor the fallen. The visiting men left and abraham escorted them on their way to sodom. Yhwh remembered his promise to sarah and gave her a son, whom she named yitzchak, which means laughter. Explore jewish life and judaism at my jewish learning, a transdenominational website of information about judaism. In todays world, the role of women and the role of the patriarchy have changed. Nov 01, 2020 in the beginning of parshat vayera, god appears to abraham as he is sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Lots of stuff happens in parshat behaalotcha, the parsha so eventful you cant pronounce its name without going to rabbinical school.
Divrei torah, inspiration, ethics and stories for all ages. The children of israel brought what their hearts moved them to bring in the building of the first sanctuaryand this weeks gdcast is. Included are stories of individuals, families, wars, slavery and more. Parshat vayera the jewish childrens learning network. Vayera has a lot going on and we have two animations on it one about the story of hagar and ishmael in the desert, featuring evan wolkenstein, and one about. What abraham and sarah do not know is that they are in fact angels. Parsha nation guides incorporate stories, games, riddles, and songs making each weeks torah portion both fun and meaningful. Avraham negotiates, unsuccessfully, on behalf of sodom. With this parsha, the torah teaches us that we owe something back. Be excited by learning torah, and find relevant meaning for modernday life. This page contains a link to every dvar torah ive written since 2003 at least, every one to which i can currently dig up a working link, sorted by parsha.
In the book of genesis, parashah miketz has the most letters, and parashiyot noach and vayishlach have the. In the first miracle, an impoverished widow had no means to pay a debt owed by her late husband, and a creditor was threatening to take her two sons as slaves in lieu of her payment of the debt. As you studied in parashat emor, jacob had 12 sons which became the twelve tribes shevatim of israel. Check out possibly the best known torah and bible story the ten plagues.
The story in genesis of the nearsacrifice of isaac, abrahams son, which is read on rosh hashanah. Check out more torah videos at the video for parshat vayeira genesis 18. And for the present and looming environmental catastrophes, we lack immediate divine warnings, 17 as they are the work of man. Letting abrahams example guide us, during election season and beyond. After a three day journey to mount moriah later jerusalem, isaac allowed himself to be bound and placed on an altar, where his father raised. Thus parshat vayera opens with one of the most famous scenes in the bible. The akedah after abraham dwelt many days among the philistines, god tested him by commanding him to sacrifice his beloved son isaac as a burnt offering at a sacred place god would reveal to him.
Yhwh and 3 men appeared to avraham and avraham asked if they would stay and eat avraham and sarah prepared food for their guests promise is made to. Vayera the lord appeared parsha weekly torah portion. Looking at the text, we find the stories of sodom and gemorrah, hagar and ishmael, and the binding of isaac. The kids are watching this weeks torah portion, vayera, begins with our patriarch avraham sitting outdoors, in front of his tent, recovering from his recent circumcision. In traditional sabbath torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or.
Yhwh and 3 men appeared to avraham and avraham asked if they would stay and eat avraham and sarah prepared food for their guests. Parashat vayeira contains some of the most wellknown and controversial texts in the book of genesis, including the akeidahakeidah. The philosopher martin peterson, points out that in a sense the plane has evolved, or had evolved, from something that it was back in the 1960s and 70s into something that had just turned into in the year 2018, 2019. One of them tells abraham that sarah will have a child. Beinonim are a unique type, deserving of their own book, which is the tanya. The chapter at first glance seems simple, almost fablelike.
This weeks parsha, vayera, provides the paradigmatic example of the latter. Another deathbed scene the torah is a book of laws, 248 positive mitzvot and 365 negative commandments that set. Parshas vayeira questions for thought and discussion. Oh god said to abraham, kill me a son abe says, man, you must be puttin me on bob dylan. The kids are watching this weeks torah portion, vayera, begins with our patriarch avraham sitting outdoors, in. Paul shrellfox, lecturer in family and community studies at the schechter institute of jewish studies, discusses how we read this story today within our own cultural context. Vayera 5780 negative capability parshat vayera in a nutshell in this weeks parsha three strangers pass by abrahams tent. Abraham came forward and said, will you sweep away the righteous along with the wicked. Parshas vayera avraham and yitzchok walk together parshas vayera special. A rousing let my people go kicks of weeks of frogs and hail and boils, but rabbi katie mizrahi explains that those werent even the real plagues. Torah reading, haftarah, links to audio and commentary. Do you notice any progression in the ordering of the parts of the sanctuary. In tractate sotah 14a, the talmud teaches us that we are commanded to walk in hashems ways. The three angels appear to avraham and foretell the birth of yitzchak.
Each week, we will present some thought of rsrh on the parshah. Parshat vayera 20185779 three old jews are sitting by their condos pool, when the first turns to the second and says in a sigh, oy. The angels depart to destroy sodom, and hashem gd tells avraham about his plans for destroying sodom. Nov 04, 2020 if you enjoy the weekly drasha, now you can receive the best of drasha in book form. Questions on parshas vayeira to think about and discuss. What does it mean the god placed moses in the role of god to pharaoh. They are emailed out each week to youth leaders of synagogues, schools and camps throughout the world, and are posted on the young israel website for use each week and in. An indepth journey into the weekly parsha bereishit, copublished by ou press and gefen publishers. Articles on the weekly torah portion, parsha, from beginner to advanced levels. If you are an artist contribute something or reserve a spot for our live broadcast coming soon. Abraham is visited by three angels and is promised a son. In that time, weve heard about their encounter with god when god spoke. The fifth of the five books of torah presented to us by moses as dictated to him by gd, sefer devarim covers the last few weeks of moses life as he sought to convey his final messages to his beloved people.
In our parents footsteps isaac is not the only biblical model of a continuator among the founders of our faith. Understanding a test excerpted from rabbi shmuel goldins unlocking the torah text. We later discover that they were in fact angels, each with a specific mission. The strangers got up to leave and abraham got up to see them on their way. Parashat vayera details hagar and ishmael being cast out at sarahs behest. Unlike the protagonist in bob dylans version, our patriarch avraham does not engage god in conversation or argument. Hebrew for and he sent, the first word of the parashah is the eighth weekly torah portion. A torah commentary for environmental learning and action. What if there are fifty righteous people within the city. Hashem is visiting with him, thereby teaching and modeling for us the mitzvah of bikur cholim visiting the sick. In this parashah, a command for another census was given on iyyar 1 of the year 2,449, exactly one month after rosh chodashim and the dedication of the mishkan as explained in parashat tzav. What is the difference between god upper case g and a god lower case g.
In the masoretic text of the tanakh hebrew bible, parashah vayishlach has six open portion. These ancient stories touch upon science, history, philosophy, ritual and ethics. The parashah tells of gods instructions to make the tabernacle and its furnishings. Parshat behaalotecha tells the story of the israelites finally leaving their encampment at the foot of mount sinai and beginning to travel through the desert. What does it mean that god will take the israelites as gods people. This weeks parasha is in the book of breisheet also called genesis, and is called vayera which means and appeared. Vayeira, vayera, or vayera is the fourth weekly torah portion hebrew. The children of israel brought what their hearts moved them to bring in the building of the first sanctuaryand this weeks gdcast is brought to you from alicia jo rabins heart. Abrahams meeting with the three enigmatic strangers. A kindness gd grants humans is that they slowly forget tragedy, and grief softens over time. Parsha devarim ushers in the torah book of the same name sefer devarim. Parshat behaalotecha weekly torah portion aleph beta. The haftarah for parashat vayera concerns two nisim miracles performed by the prophet elisha, the disciple of eliyahu hanavi elijah the prophet. Visit each week and see the new creations we have found or have been sent in based on the parsha.
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