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Genesis 18:1–22:24God appears to Abraham as both guest and judge. Mercy and justice intertwine as Sodom burns and Isaac is offered. Vayeira is the portion of divine paradox: hospitality meets holiness; promise meets pain. Abraham’s willingness to surrender the very promise itself becomes the ultimate act of faith. The covenant matures through obedience refined by fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trying On Freshly Laundered Clothing for the Nine Days;

The JTS Commentary for Lekh Lekha by Dr. Eliezer Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTSThis commentary was originally broadcast in 2014.Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond

Lech Lecha-all in the name

A new mishnah! With a list of cases that would not make a person liable for pigul. The flour of the minchah offering won't become pigul. Likewise, the frankinscense. That is, the offerings themselves may become pigul, but not the ingredients thereof. Those ingredients are what make the offering possible to begin with. Also, on the case of the consecrated food to be eaten by a person who is ritually impure - why is there a need to state both the lenient cases and the stringent cases? Either side

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Rabbi Fink is the Rav of Young Israel of St. Louis

Reb Tzadok Hakohen of Lublin: The Greatness of a Jew - Oct 26, 2025 - A brief appreciation of an insight of Reb Tzadok

The Search for the Inner Self - Oct 26, 2025 - Weekly Rav Kook learning of חדריו

אפקעינהו - Oct 23, 2025 - Chabura for the YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago

Esther Eisner is the founder of AfterForever.org, an online support community for Jewish divorcees. As a divorcee herself, Esther has experienced firsthand some of the challenges of rebuilding – both one’s home and ones’ self – post-divorce. She started After Forever to help others get back on their feet and to assist in navigating the path to starting over. This is the fourth and final episode of a series dealing wih divorce in the Orthodox Jewish community. See also episode 37 (an overview of