This week's Torah portion · 4/54

Vayera

וַיֵּרָא

And he appeared

Oct 25 – Oct 31, 2026

TorahGenesis 18:1-22:24

HaftarahII Kings 4:1-37

Brit HadashahLuke 1:26-38 · Luke 24:36-53 · 2 Peter 2:4-11

Aliyot

Aliyah 1Genesis 18:1-18:14

Aliyah 2Genesis 18:15-18:33

Aliyah 3Genesis 19:1-19:20

Aliyah 4Genesis 19:21-21:4

Aliyah 5Genesis 21:5-21:21

Aliyah 6Genesis 21:22-21:34

Aliyah 7Genesis 22:1-22:24

MaftirGenesis 22:20-22:24

OVERVIEWThe parashah 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).