Parshat Vayera Part 1: Hospitality
Avraham’s hospitality is the central theme of the beginning of Parshat Vayera. Through a close examination of the narrative describing the guests’ news of Yitzchak’s impending birth we can understand the nature of this revelation as told separately to Avraham and Sarah. We can also appreciate the various opinions among the classical commentators regarding the interactions between humans and angelic representatives of God.
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More lessons in this series (30)
- Parshat Bereshit Part 1: Creation: Days 1-6 (Perek 1)
- Parshat Bereshit Part 2: Day 7 + Creation of Adam (Perek 2)
- Parshat Bereshit Part 3: Gan Eden (Perek 3)
- Parshat Bereshit Part 4: Cain & Hevel
- Parshat Bereshit Part 5: Lemech's Song
- Parshat Bereshit Part 6: Lineage of Shem; Decline of Humankind
- Parshat Noah Part 1: Before the Flood
- Parshat Noah Part 2: Decreation & Recreation
- Parshat Noah Part 3: After the Flood
- Parshat Noah Part 4: Rainbow & a Drunken Noah
- Parshat Noah Part 5: The Dispersion
- Parshat Noah Part 6: From Shem to Avram
- Parshat Lech-Lecha Part 1: Go Forth!
- Parshat Lech Lecha Part 2: Challenges of Egypt
- Parshat Lech Lecha Part 3: Battle of the Kings
- Parshat Lech Lecha Part 4: Berit Ben Habetarim
- Parshat Lech Lecha Part 5: Sarai and Hagar
- Parshat Lech Lecha Part 6: Berit Milah
- Parshat Vayera Part 2: Justice & Righteousness
- Parshat Vayera Part 3: Escape from Sedom
- Parshat Vayera Part 4: Gerar
- Parshat Vayera Part 5: Expulsion of Yishmael
- Parshat Vayera Part 6: The Akeda
- Parshat Chayei Sarah Part 1: Introduction - Ages of Yitzchak and Rivkah
- Parshat Chayei Sarah Part 2: Burial Negotiations
- Parshat Chayei Sarah Part 3: Finding Rivkah
- Parshat Chaye Sarah Part 4: It is From God
- Parshat Chaye Sarah Part 5: Yitzchak and Rivka
- Parshat Chayei Sarah Part 6: Death of Avraham
- Parshat Toldot Part 1: Yaakov and Esav