October 28, 2026 | 17 Cheshvan, 5787 | Torah Portion: Vayera, Torah Reading Info | Haftorah: Haftorah Info
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Your Environment Is Not Your Excuse
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the Parshas Vayeira: #1487 – Are ...read more
Chain to the End of Time
This week we read the parsha of Vayera. "Vayera ailav Hashem {And Hashem appeared to him (to Avrohom)}[18:1]." Rashi explains that on the third ...read more
Cutting The Apron Strings
"Avraham made a great feast on the day Yitzchak was weaned" (21:8)
Although Rashi interprets "beyom higamal" as "on the day Yitzchak was ...read more
A Hospital Visit
The Story:
Another day at school had finished. Sara met her older sister Mia in their usual spot in the school yard. Their Uncle Mendy had just ...read more
Behind the Open Door
Two vivid images of hospitable men emerge from the blistering pages of this week's parshah. In the first episode, the venerable Abraham, ...read more
Parshas Vayera
M'lochim 2 4:1
This week's Haftorah reveals to us an incredible dimension of faith and its far-reaching effect. The prophet Elisha, ...read more
Blessing In Disguise
In Pashas Vayera, Sora, the 90-year-old wife of Avraham, receives a most surprising piece of information from an even more surprising source. ...read more
Bris Opens Doors
GOD TOLD AVRAM, “Leave…and I will make your name great. Bris Milah changed everything. It’s not so clear from the parsha, but it will be at the ...read more
Existence Above Nature
Abraham and Sarah weren’t supposed to have children.
The Torah stresses it again and again. The first thing we learn about Avram’s wife is ...read more
Ha’aros for Lech Lecha
Is There a Mitzva to be B’simcha?
Avraham was given tests. He was told to go, and leave behind his elderly father, but wasn’t told where ...read more
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Distanced From Falsehood
Rabbi,
Please forgive me. I am not a Torah scholar and I don't know Hebrew and I was just wondering if maybe G-d didn't deviate ...read more
Browsing Magazines
QUESTION 25: BROWSING MAGAZINES
Can you go to a magazine store and look at the magazines as long as you want without the intention of buying ...read more
Body & Beauty In Our Physical World: A Jewish Perspective Part II
The following class is the second in a three part series examining the relationship between inner spiritual beauty, our physical bodies, and the ...read more
Socks and Shoes
Later on we say the two blessings of "Who clothes the naked" and "Who takes care of all of my needs." Chazal tell us that the blessing of taking ...read more
Having The Money For A Lawyer
QUESTION 24: HAVING THE MONEY FOR A LAWYER
When a person goes to a lawyer, often the lawyer asks for some money down, and expects to be paid ...read more
The Meaning is Clear
At first Elokim (The Almighty) created the heavens and the earth. (Bereshith 1:1)
God's name "Elokim" appears in the plural grammatical form, ...read more
Out of Order
Getting out of bed in the morning is generally a two-step process. After we wake up, we stretch out on the bed in order to break the bonds of ...read more
Body & Beauty In Our Physical World: A Jewish Perspective Part I
The following three-part class examines the Jewish view of beauty and, more specifically, the relationship between the physical body, the world ...read more
Buying Software & Reminding Biller
QUESTION 22: HONESTY WHILE BUYING SOFTWARE ON WEB
A software company has a web site where one can buy their software. One button says 'click ...read more
For The Sake Of Peace III
Yosef's brothers began to realize [the implications] of their father's death. "What if Yosef is still holding a grudge against us?" they said. ...read more
