Shortly after this incident, only two angels appear at Sodom to warn of the impending doom. Why only two angels, and not ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Parashat Vayera is one of the more aptly named portions in the Torah. “Vayera” means “appeared” and the portion is ...

“After this, Abraham received a message: Milcah has also had children from your brother Nahor: Uz, his first born; Buz, his brother, Kemuel, father of Aram, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and ...

A ground-breaking moment in this week's parashah Then, in this week’s parsha of Vayera comes the great moment: a human being challenges God Himself for the very first time. God is about to pass ...

This week’s Torah portion begins: “YHVH appeared to Abraham as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent … looking up, he saw: behold, three men standing opposite him. As soon as he saw ...

When Abraham reached the age of 99, God commands him to circumcise himself. Abraham obeys God’s will. According to the Midrash, before the actual circumcision, he consults with his friends, Aner ...

It happened on Parshat Vayera. The worst anti-Semitic attack in American history occurred while Jews around the world were reading the Torah portion that tells the story of Lot, an immigrant.

One of the things we learn in the Torah, starting with this week’s parsha, is that resisting the temptation to wallow in victimhood is a very admirable skill. One of our prime role models for ...