Vayeira
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Vayeira, Vayera, or Va-yera is the fourth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 18:1–22:24. The parashah tells the stories of Abraham's three visitor
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1852 painting by John Martin)
Abraham and the Three Angels (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible)
The beginning of Parashat Vayeira. Note the dots above the word אֵלָיו roughly halfway down on the left.
Lot prevents violence against the Angels (1555 engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever)
Binding of Isaac
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The Binding of Isaac, or simply "The Binding", is a story from chapter 22 of the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the m
The Sacrifice of Isaac, Rembrandt, 1634, Hermitage Museum
The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio (1603), in the Baroque tenebrist manner
God commands Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice, Domenichino.
Mosaic on the floor of Beth Alpha depicting the Akedah