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A Call to the Infinite A Taste of Text—Vayeira

By Chana Weisberg

We hear of the miracles that great people’s prayers can accomplish. But is prayer also for us regular folk?

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Visiting the Sick Practical Parshah—Vayeira

By Mendel Kaplan

G‑d’s visit to Abraham following his circumcision teaches us some important guidelines in how to properly perform the mitzvah of bikkur cholim—visiting the sick.

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Torah in Ten: Vayeira

By Chaim Miller

Topics Include: the three angels visit Abraham, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the rectification of Adam’s soul through the binding of Isaac.

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Mitzvot Before Sinai Parshah Vayeira

By Moshe New

Abraham baked matzah on Passover over four hundred years before the Exodus. How did the patriarchs and matriarchs know how to observe mitzvos before the Torah was even given at Sina?

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Where You Are Now Five on Five—Vayeira

By Chana Weisberg

When we feel that our past behaviour does not warrant a connection with G-d, He assures us, I judge you only by where you are now.

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The Mitzvah of Having Guests Letters and Numbers of Torah - Vayeira

Aaron L. Raskin

On what basis did Abraham and Sarah merit to have a child in their old age? Many answers are hinted to in the word "where" in the angels' question to Abraham (Genesis 18:9) "Where is your wife Sarah?"

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A Sincere Sin or A Hypocritical Mitzvah? Letters and Numbers of Torah - Vayeira

Aaron L. Raskin

When Avimelech kidnaps Sarah, G-d tells him (Genesis 20:6) "I have withheld you from sin." Why is the Hebrew word for sinning (chet) missing an aleph in this verse?

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The Sacrifice of Isaac How to Study Torah - Vayeira