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Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Hachnasas Orchim, Bikur Cholim, Makom Kavua, Midas Sedom, and more! Learn more More Topics in Parshat Vayeira Hashem's Appearance to Avraham • Mamrei's Advice • Zerizut • Sarah's Laugh • Sarah's Rejuvination •  Hashem's Praise of Avraham •  Lot's Wife •  Lot and his Daughters •  The Episode of Avimelech • The Role of Yitzchak Avinu • Avraham's Donkey • The Test of the Akeida • The Haftorah of Vayeira QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz: Anshei Sedom and the Dangers of Groupthink Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh: The Shinover's Dust Rabbi Etan Moshe Berman: Secrets of Tefillah that are explicit in the Parshah Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Wash Off Your Mistaken Beliefs Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Who Sees the Destruction of Sodom and Who Doesn't Rabbi Daniel Grama: The Idolatry of Stagnation Rabbi Gedaliah Jaffe: The Profound Significance of Hashem's Request at the Akeidah Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: Laughing Together Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg: The Real Climax of the Akedah Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Entangling From the Thicket: The Constant Test of the Akeidah Rabbi Yoni Levin: Thirsty for Mitzvos Rabbi Marc Merrill: The Difficulty of Waiting Till You Are Commanded Rabbi Ari Mirzoeff: The Common Denominator in Every Relationship Rabbi Etan Schnall: Tashlich and Tefilla, Lessons from the Akeida Rabbi Michael Taubes: Makom Kavua and the Requirement to Daven in a Shul Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: Sedom's Status as an Ir HaNidachas QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: The Salt of Sodom Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Coaxing Divine Miracles to Heal our Wounded Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: The Benefit of Broad-heartedness Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Descent Into Corruption Rabbi Norman Lamm: Abi Gezunt Rabbi Aviad Pituchey-Chotam: The Eternal Bond: Motherhood and Nationhood Rabbi Johnny Solomon: Fighting for Hope and Change Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Mercy for Sdom? 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