Parashat Vayera 5782 / פרשת וַיֵּרָא

Read on 23 October 2021 (17 Cheshvan 5782).

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)
Triennial - year 3
  1. 1: 21:1-4 (4 v.)
  2. 2: 21:5-13 (9 v.)
  3. 3: 21:14-21 (8 v.)
  4. 4: 21:22-34 (13 v.)
  5. 5: 22:1-8 (8 v.)
  6. 6: 22:9-19 (11 v.)
  7. 7: 22:20-24 (5 v.)
  8. maf: 22:20-24 (5 v.)

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

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

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Vayera is read in the Diaspora on:

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly
"Vayeira from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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