Parashat Vayera 5780 / פרשת וַיֵּרָא

Read on 16 November 2019 (18 Cheshvan 5780).

Parashat Vayera is the 4th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 18:1-22:24

Parashat Vayera 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, the flight of Lot, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, how Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father, how Abraham once again passed off his wife Sarah as his sister, the birth of Isaac, the expulsion of Hagar, disputes over wells, and the binding of Isaac (הָעֲקֵידָה, the Akedah). ^[1]

Full Kriyah

1. 1: 18:1-14 (14 p'sukim)
2. 2: 18:15-33 (19 p'sukim)
3. 3: 19:1-20 (20 p'sukim)
4. 4: 19:21-21:4 (40 p'sukim)
5. 5: 21:5-21 (17 p'sukim)
6. 6: 21:22-34 (13 p'sukim)
7. 7: 22:1-24 (24 p'sukim)
8. maf: 22:20-24 (5 p'sukim)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Kings 4:1 - 4:37 (37 p'sukim)

Haftarah for Sephardim: II Kings 4:1 - 4:23 (23 p'sukim)

List of Dates

Parashat Vayera is read in Israel on:

• 16 Nov 2019
• 7 Nov 2020
• 23 Oct 2021
• 12 Nov 2022
• 4 Nov 2023
• 16 Nov 2024
• 8 Nov 2025
• 31 Oct 2026
• 20 Nov 2027
• 4 Nov 2028
• 27 Oct 2029
• 16 Nov 2030
• 1 Nov 2031
• 23 Oct 2032
• 12 Nov 2033
• 28 Oct 2034

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)

Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993

"Vayeira from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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