Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
In This Week’s Parashah: מָה בַּפָּרָשָׁה
Full Parashah Reading: Bereishit 18:1-22:24
- Avraham sits outside his tent on a very hot day, sees three figures in the distance, and runs out to invite them over for food and drinks.
- The guests are actually angels, and they tell Avraham and Sarah that Yitzhak will be born in the coming year.
- God tells Avraham that Sedom is going to be destroyed because of its wickedness. Avraham pleads on Sedom’s behalf, but there are not enough righteous people in the city to save it.
- Two of the angels arrive in Sedom.
- Lot, his wife, and two of his daughters run away while Sedom is destroyed by fire from the sky, but Lot’s wife turns back to look and becomes a pillar of salt.
- Yitzhak is born when Sarah is 90 years old and Avraham is 100.
- Sarah sends Yishmael away with his mother, Hagar. God blesses Yishmael that he will become a big nation.
- God tests Avraham by commanding him to offer Yitzhak as a sacrifice. They travel for three days to the mountain God shows Avraham. An angel calls out to Avraham at the last second, telling Avraham not to harm Yitzhak at all. Just then, Avraham sees a ram caught in a bush by its horns, and the ram is offered in place of Yitzhak. This story is called עֲקֵידָת יִצְחָק (Akeidat Yitzhak, the binding of Yitzhak).
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