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Vayera
By the Numbers
18 Abraham Facts You Should Know
Abraham, the first of the patriarchs, was chosen by G-d to be the progenitor of His special nation.
Abraham, the first of the patriarchs, was chosen by G-d to be the progenitor of His special nation.
10 Questions: Play "Jewish History True or False"
Who anointed King David? Where did the story of Purim take place? Test your knowledge of early Jewish History!
Who anointed King David? Where did the story of Purim take place? Test your knowledge of early Jewish History!
Your Questions
Do You Wish ‘Mazal Tov’ to a Pregnant Woman?
Conceiving a child is like conceiving an idea. A new idea is very exciting, but until it has been brought into the concrete world and actualized, it is too early to celebrate...
Conceiving a child is like conceiving an idea. A new idea is very exciting, but until it has been brought into the concrete world and actualized, it is too early to celebrate...
Why Is There a Chair for Elijah at a Brit Milah (Circumcision)?
During the period when the nation of Israel was split into two kingdoms, Elijah the prophet had a showdown at Mt. Carmel with 450 false prophets of the Baal idol . . .
During the period when the nation of Israel was split into two kingdoms, Elijah the prophet had a showdown at Mt. Carmel with 450 false prophets of the Baal idol . . .
Parshah
Climb Down From Your Pedestal
How G-d shows us that the notion of determining whether or not someone or something is guilty or innocent is almost never as absolute as it may seem.
How G-d shows us that the notion of determining whether or not someone or something is guilty or innocent is almost never as absolute as it may seem.
Jealous of Your Brother?
We learn from Abraham that even if it is difficult, and other people have it far easier, we still do what must be done. Because that’s what we’re here for.
We learn from Abraham that even if it is difficult, and other people have it far easier, we still do what must be done. Because that’s what we’re here for.
Essay
What Is Your Deepest Need?
G‑dly light is spiritual, and it needs physical vessels to be drawn into.
G‑dly light is spiritual, and it needs physical vessels to be drawn into.
This Week's Hakhel Tools
For Your Vayera Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Voices
How I Ended Up Marrying My Childhood Friend
Right away, I knew I had to go out with Avigdor, if only to meet him again.
Right away, I knew I had to go out with Avigdor, if only to meet him again.
A Trip to Panama Shifted How I View My Judaism
Until quite recently, my knee-jerk reaction to organized religion was resistance. Hundreds of miles from home that I discovered where I truly belong.
Until quite recently, my knee-jerk reaction to organized religion was resistance. Hundreds of miles from home that I discovered where I truly belong.
One thing I ask of G-d, only this do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of G-d all the days of my life, to gaze upon the pleasantness of G-d and to visit His Temple.
— King David (in Psalms 27, recited during the month of Elul)
Print Magazine
To whom does a Jew pray?
Can He be described? Does He have a name?
No, there is no description with which to imagine Him, no name with which to grasp Him.
Even the pronoun “Him” implies too much to be true—as though He could be a third party, absent or present. Even the title “Infinite Light” misses the mark, as th...
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