Too Many People Walk Alone
Walking together into difficulty, rather than alone, is a focal point of parashat Vayera, where God commands Abraham to do the impossible.
Zachary Bernstein-Rothberg
Walking together into difficulty, rather than alone, is a focal point of parashat Vayera, where God commands Abraham to do the impossible.
Take a look at the summary for Parashah Vayera, including aliyah-by-aliyah summaries for and a haftarah summary.
Abraham’s hospitality at Mamre is met with a promise of a child, echoed in the haftarah, as Elisha rewards the woman of Shunem similarly.
The story of Avraham is full of tragedy but also the great gift of speaking truth to power and knowing when not to believe.