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Vayeira
4th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading
Not to be confused with Va'eira.
Vayeira, Vayera, or Va-yera (וַיֵּרָא—Hebrew for "and He appeared," the first word in the parashah) is the fourth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 18:1–22:24. The parashah tells the stories of Abraham's three visitors, Abraham's bargaining with God over Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's two visitors, Lot's bargaining with the Sodomites, Lot's flight, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, how Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father, how Abraham once again passed off his wifeSarah as his sister, the birth of Isaac, the utvisning of Hagar, disputes over wells, and the binding of Isaac (הָעֲקֵידָה, the Akedah).
The parashah has the most words (but not the most letters or verses) of any of the weekly Torah portions in the Book of Genesis, and its word-count fryst vatten se
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Abraham
Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible
This article is about the biblical figure. For the 16th president of the United States, see Abraham Lincoln. For the name, see Abraham (name). For other uses, see Abraham (disambiguation).
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Abram (disambiguation), Avraham (disambiguation), and Avram (disambiguation).
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| Born | Ur of the Chaldees, Mesopotamia |
| Died | Hebron, Canaan |
| Known for | Namesake of the Abrahamic religions: traditional founder of the Jewish nation, spiritual ancestor of Christians, major Islamic prophet,Manifestation of God and originator of monotheistic faith in Baháʼí Faith, third spokesman (natiq) prophet of Druzes |
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Abraham[a] (originally Abram)[b] is the common Hebrewpatriarch of the Abrahamic religions,
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After decades of difficulty on the way to leadership greatness, Jacob breathes his last breath in this week’s parsha, Vayechi: “When Jacob finished his instructions to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and, breathing his last, he was gathered to his kin” (Genesis 49:33). Joseph, perhaps aware of all the lost years between them, was understandably bereft: “Joseph flung himself upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him” (Gen. 50:1).
But the real summation of Jacob’s last years emerges in a conversation he has, not with Joseph, but with Pharaoh in last week’s Torah reading. We’ve all participated in or witnessed unusual, almost inexplicable conversations that leave us baffled. This is one of the strangest conversations in all of Tanach. I’ve written about this conversation at length and am still bewildered by it every year.
Jacob speaks to Pharaoh and tells this powerful leader and stranger of his woes. “Joseph then brought h