Vayeira

Is it just me, or does it seem like every other week we learn of another scandal involving some powerful, prominent leader?

Just as every parent would forego personal honor and willingly wait while you tend to his or her child, this, too, is G‑d’s greatest pleasure.

The fourth section of the Book of Genesis continues the chronicle of Abraham. The name of this section (Vayeira, “He appeared”) is its first word, describing G-d’s revelation to Abraham after his circumcision. This revelation is followed by the visit of t...

"'וירא אליו ה'" “And G-d -revealed Himself to him.” (18:1) When the Rebbe RaSHaB (Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe) was a little boy of about four or five years of age, he entered the room of his grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek ...

Rather than feeling as though we are progressing forward on our sojourn towards a better reality, our situation can sometimes feel pretty helpless.

At various junctures in our lives, we may face the difficult decision of doing what we know is best, or conforming to what others expect. How do you choose?

The Torah portion of Vayeira opens with the words: “G-d revealed Himself to Avraham.”Bereishis 18:1. The GemaraBava Metzia 86b. comments that this took place on the third day following Avraham’s circumcision; on that day, G-d visited him to inquire after ...

The Torah portion Vayeira, the Hebrew word for revelation, begins by stating that “G-d revealed Himself to him [Avraham] in the Plains of Mamrei….”Bereishis 18:1. The Zohar notesI 88b; see also ibid., 98a. that, prior to Avraham’s circumcision, he could o...

When Rabbi Sholom Ber of Lubavitch was four or five years old, his mother escorted him to see his grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek , on the Shabbos of the Torah portion Vayeira , in order for him to receive his grandfather’s birthday blessing. Upon enterin...

The Torah portion of Vayeira begins by relating that G-d appeared to Avraham at the entrance of his tent. But when Avraham observed three strangers standing nearby, he got up, asked G-d to wait, and ran to greet the strangers and offer them hospitality.Be...