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Parshas Vayera
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Meting Justice – Meeting Kindness (5785)
- The Return of Abraham (5784)
- Masked Bandit (5783)
- On Whose Account? (5782)
- Blessing In Disguise (5781)
- Mixmaster (5779)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- Holy Potato Kugel (5785)
- We Are Never Alone (5784)
- Still Doing a World of Good (5783)
- It’s Everlasting (5782)
- His Super Human Achievement (5781)
- HASHEM Hears the Difference (5780)
- 100% of His Heart! (5779)
- Worth Celebrating (5778)
- Our Akeidas Yitzchok (5777)
- Actual Angel Food (5775)
- To Found a World (5774)
- Share This Secret with the Whole World (5773)
- Potential! (5772)
- The Choice Way (5771)
- AMEN! (5770)
- Newer Than News (5769)
- A Plan Called “Kindliness” (5769)
- Where Are You? (5768)
- The Secrets of the Soul (5767)
- When the Heart is Full (5766)
- What was Theirs was Theirs (5765)
- Amongst the Ten (5764)
- It’s Day in the Sun (5763)
- Water Shortage (5762)
- To Know The Difference! (5761)
- Big Talk (5760)
- Questions? or Answers! (5759)
- Abraham & Sons, Inc. (5758)
- Put G-d On Hold (5757)
Edutainment Weekly by Jon Erlbaum
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- The Passion (5782)
- A Father’s Love (5781)
- Clear Goal (5780)
- Maintaining the Vision (5764)
- Promoting the Communal Good (5762)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Beyond The Call of Duty (5785)
- Scattered Apples (5784)
- They Went Together (5782)
- Behind the Open Door (5781)
- First Impressions (5780)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- When Fear is Required (5784)
- A Next-Level Approach (5783)
- Kind to the Cruel? (5781)
- Against the Grain (5779)
- Homo Spiritus (5764)
- Was Avraham a Hypocrite? (5762)
- You’re Only Fooling Yourself (5761)
- Just Say “Yes” (5760)
- Dusty Feet (5759)
- Behind Closed Doors (5758)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Constant Connection (5782)
- Yishmael and the Dangers of Wildness and Mockery (5781)
- Why Test Abraham? (5780)
- Bridging the Generation Gap (5779)
- “Old Jew or “New Jew” (5778)
- A World of Contradictions (5774)
- Godliness and Jewish Life (5773)
- A Glimpse of the Divine Presence (5772)
- Abraham’s Will is God’s Will (5771)
- God Sends Messengers to Avraham and Sarah (5770)
- To Be Alone (5768)
- The Avraham Effect (5767)
- How to Save Sodom (5766)
- The Gen-Aleph Gap (5761)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Short Vorts by Rabbi Chaim Flom
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Sleep Tight (5785)
- A Covenant and an Oath (5784)
- Man and Animal (5783)
- Believe in Your Own Prayer! (5782)
- A Little Bit (5781)
- A Part of the Whole (5780)
- Angel Food Cakes (5779)
- Truth (5778)
- Something to Eat (5777)
- Hashem’s Humility (5775)
- Take a Fresh Look (5774)
- Washing the Workweek Away (5773)
- The Traits of Avraham (5772)
- Vayera (5770)
- Honor Versus Wealth (5769)
- A Family for the Torah (5768)
- The Real Rivalry (5767)
- Religious Coercion (5766)
- The Beauty Within the Shadows (5765)
- The Real Test (5764)
- Prayer (5763)
- Hachnassat Orchim (5762)
- The Beauty Within the Shadows (5761)
- Is He Really Humble? (5760)
- Spiritual Eating Habits (5759)
- Eating for 74 (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Challenges: The River, the Meddle, and the Word (5767)
- Sarah and Yishmael – Mistaken Envy (5765)
- No Mistaking It (5764)
- Prayer – Same Time, Same Place (5763)
- When to Walk Away (5762)
- Ancestral Archery and Peaceful Pebbles (5761)
- Premature Commemoration (5760)
- Dust and Ashes (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Share the Sharing (5785)
- She Just Laughed… (5784)
- From Dust to Gold (5782)
- Just a Little Water (5781)
- Chain to the End of Time (5778)
- Compassion For All (5764)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- A Good Laugh (5785)
- Why Yishmael? (5784)
- Standing Firm (5783)
- Historical Bookends (5782)
- Infamous (5781)
- Journey To Truth (5780)
- In the Merit of Bris (5779)
- Sickness & The Divine Presence (5778)
- Key To Heaven (5777)
- Decisions (5775)
- Leave The Tests Up To Him (5774)
- The Yishmaelian Exile (5773)
- Taking God’s Commandments Seriously (5772)
- Blow Our Own Horns (5771)
- Avimelech vs. Pharaoh (5770)
- Parashas Vayaira / 5769 (5769)
- In G-d We Trust (5767)
- No Longer See Minor (5766)
- The Perfect Covenant (Part 1) (5765)
- The Perfect Covenant (Part 2) (5765)
- Only Dust (And Ashes) In The Wind (5764)
- The Free-Will Issue (Again) (5763)
- Making Quite A Seen (5762)
- Not Only as it Appears (5760)
- The Akeidah: Heaven-Bond (5759)
- A Binding Light (5758)
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- It’s All About Redemption Part IV (5766)
- Trusting Grace (5765)
- Action Before Laughter (5764)
- The Purpose of Creation Part IV (5763)
- To Serve or Not To Serve (5762)
- Doing as We Do (5761)
- Yishmael & Hagar: A Perspective (5760)
- A Seed From Within (5759)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- Maintaining Inspiration (5785)
- Feeling a Need to Do Chessed (5784)
- Kofin Al Midas Sodom – Forcing Kindness (5783)
- Suspect Subtly, With Honor and Respect (5782)
- Things Do Not Occur at Random (5781)
- Why Ask Mamre Whether to Fulfill G-d’s Command? (5780)
- The Middle of the Road (5779)
- The Person Who Conquers His Natural Instincts (5778)
- The Paradigm of Avraham Avinu / Marriages Are Dynamic Relationships (5777)
- The Seeds Of Salvation Are Planted Within Situations of Despair (5775)
- Dont Look Back (5774)
- Lesson #1 In Hospitality: Don’t Let Your Guests Feel Inferior (5773)
- The True Proof That Avraham Was A True Baal Chessed (5772)
- The Tenth Test Validated The First Nine (5771)
- Rabbi Frand on Parshas Vayeira (5770)
- Avraham Provides A Little Water With A Lot of Bread and Meat. Why? (5769)
- Step One of Chessed: Seeing The Need (5768)
- The Difference Between a ‘Baal Chessed’ and a Welfare Giver (5767)
- Why Did Avraham Consult With Mamrei Concerning The Mitzvah of Milah? (5766)
- Charity With Justice: Not Your Typical Knee-Jerk Liberalism (5764)
- Let Them Eat Leftovers (5763)
- The Anonymous Host (5762)
- Unanswered Prayers are Not Wasted (5761)
- Legacy of Avraham and of Yitzchak (5760)
- Avraham and the Esrog Tree (5759)
- Judge a Man by His Wife (5758)
- And Avraham Ran… (5757)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Advanced Level
Abarbanel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
Be'er Moshe by
Be’eros by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Gal Einai by Gedalia Litke
Growing with the Parsha by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Multitasking Angels (5773)
- Vayeira: Look Beyond the Shell (5782)
- Parshas Vayera – Special Enough To Care (5771)
- Parshas Vayera – Avraham and Yitzchok Walk “Together” (5770)
- Davening with a Minyan: How Important? (5780)
- Kiddush In Shul: Proper Conduct (5777)
- Making An Image Of Celestial Bodies (5773)
- Mechitzah In Shul: Why And How? (5772)
- Tallis Katan: Questions And Answers (5768)
- The Blessing Of Ha-Gomel (5767)
- Selected Halachos Relating To Vayeira (5761)
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah (5761)