Parashat Vayera - Withdrawing with Dignity
November 12, 2024
The attempt to understand the ways of God has occupied humanity since the dawn of its creation. The divine revelation of the judgment that was about to apply to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah placed Abraham for the first time in his life in a position of opposing a divine decision. Abraham does not accept God's judgment but rather goes against God and challenges it. What was Abraham's reaction after it was proved to him that God was right? How did Abraham continue his life and what can be learned from this?