No. 4 · Genesis (In the Beginning)

Vayera

וירא

“He appeared”

Genesis 18:1–22:24

Avraham welcomes three angels and pleads for Sodom, and Sarah gives birth to Yitzchak. The parashah culminates with the Akedah, the binding of Yitzchak.

Lesson

Hospitality and total devotion to Hashem are Avraham’s legacy.