Vayeira, Vayera, or Va-yera (וַיֵּרָא — Hebrew for “and He appeared”, the first word in the parasha) is the fourth weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah reading.
The parasha tells the stories of Avraham’s three visitors, Avraham’s bargaining with Elohim over Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s two visitors, Lot’s bargaining with the Sodomites, Lot’s flight, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, how Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father, how Avraham once again passed off his wife Sarah as his sister, the birth of Yitzhak (Isaac), the expulsion of Hagar, disputes over wells, and the binding of Yitzhak (הָעֲקֵידָה, the Akedah).
Parasha Vayeira – 2023
This week we bring the activity of the parashah Vayeira, in it we will see: promise of the birth of Isaac, Abraham intercedes for
Parashah Vayeira – 2022
Already counting the Omer, and now waiting for the feast of Shavuot, we continue with the parashah Lech Lecha (Go for you), where we
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B’REISHEET |
SHEMOTE |
VAYIQRA |
BEMIDBAR |
DEVARIM |
| WEEK | PORTION | DATE | TORAH | NAVI’IM / PROPHETS | BESORAH / GOSPELS |
| 0 | ROSH HASHANAH | 2-21-23 | Ex.12:1-2 Num 28:11-15 |
1 Samuel 20 (all) | Colossians 2:16-17 |
| 1 | B’reisheet | 3-4-23 | Genesis 1:1-6:8 | Isaiah 42:5-43:10 | John 1:1-18 |
| 2 | Moed PESACH | 3-7-23 | Exodus 12-13 | Isaiah 45:21-25 | Luke 24 (all) |
| 2 | Moed 1 ULB | 3-8-23 | Exodus 12:15-20 | Ezekiel 37 (all) | John 15 (all) |
| 2 | Noach | 3-11-23 | Genesis 6:9-11:32 | Isaiah 54:1-55:5 | Luke 1:5-80 |
| 3 | Moed OMER | 3-12-23 | Lev. 23:9-16 Num. 8 |
None | Matthew 28 (all) |
| 3 | Moed 7 ULB | 3-14-23 | Exodus 13:3-10 | None | 1 Corinthians 5 (all) |
| 3 | Lech Lecha | 3-18-23 | Genesis 12:1-17:27 | Isaiah 40-41 | Matthew 1 |
| 4 | Vayeira | 3-25-23 | Genesis 18:1-22:24 | 2 Kings 4 | Luke 2 |
| 5 | Chayei Sarah | 4-1-23 | Genesis 23:1-25:18 | 1 Kings 1 | Matthew 2 |
| 6 | Toldot | 4-8-23 | Genesis 25:19-28:9 | Malachi 1-2 | Matthew 6 Hebrews 12 |
| 7 | Vayetze | 4-15-23 | Genesis 28:10-32:2 | Hosea 12-14 | Matthew 3-4 |
| 8 | Vayishelach | 4-22-23 | Genesis 32:3-36:43 | Hosea 11-12 Obadiah 1 |
John 1-2 |
| 9 | Vayeshev | 4-29-23 | Genesis 37:1-40:23 | Amos 2-3 | John 2-4 |
| 9 | SHAVUOT | 4-30-23 | Deuteronomy 9:17 | Ruth (all) | Acts 1 & 2 (all) |
| 10 | Miketz | 5-6-23 | Genesis 41:1-44:17 | Zechariah 3-4 | Luke 4 |
| 11 | Vayigash | 5-13-23 | Genesis 44:18-47:27 | Ezekiel 37 | John 5 |
| 12 | Vayechi | 5-20-23 | Genesis 47:28-50:26 | 1 Kings 2 | Luke 4:31-5:11 |
| 13 | Shemote | 5-27-23 | Exodus 1:1-6:1 | Isaiah 27-29 | Luke 9 (all) |
| 14 | Va’era | 6-3-23 | Exodus 6:2-9:35 | Isaiah 66 | Matthew 12 (all) |
| 15 | Bo | 6-10-23 | Exodus 10:1-13:16 | Jeremiah 46 | Mark 3 (all) |
| 16 | B’shalach | 6-17-23 | Exodus 13:17-17:16 | Judges 4-5 | Matthew 5 |
| 17 | Yitro | 6-24-23 | Exodus 18:1-20:23 | Isaiah 6-9 | Matthew 6:1-8:1 |
| 18 | Mishpatim | 7-1-23 | Exodus 21:1-24:18 | Jeremiah 33-34 | John 10 (all) |
| 19 | Terumah | 7-8-23 | Exodus 25:1-27:19 | 1 Kings 5-6 | John 15-17 (all) |
| 20 | Tetzaveh | 7-15-23 | Exodus 27:20-30:10 | 1 Samuel 15 | Mark 4:35-5:43 |
| 21 | Ki Tisa | 7-22-23 | Exodus 30:11-34:35 | Ezekiel 36-37 (all) | Matthew 15, 23 (all) |
| 22 | Vayakhel/Pekudei | 7-29-23 | Exodus 35-40 (all) | 2 Kings 22-23 | John 14 1 John 2, 5 |
| 23 | Vayiqra | 8-5-23 | Leviticus 1-5 | Jeremiah 7 Hosea 8 |
Romans 6 Hebrews 10 |
| 24 | Tzav | 8-12-23 | Leviticus 6-8 | Malachi 3-4 | Matthew 25 |
| 25 | Shemini | 8-19-23 | Leviticus 9-11 | 2 Samuel 6-7 Proverbs 23 Psalms 78 |
Acts 10 |
| TERUAH | TBD | Leviticus 23 Numbers 10, 29 |
Nehemiah 8 | Matthew 24 (all) | |
| 26 | Tazria/Metzora | 8-26-23 | Leviticus 12-15 | Proverbs 6:16-19 Proverbs 31 |
Colossians 3 |
| YOM KIPPUR | TBD | Leviticus 16, 23 Numbers 29 |
Jonah (all) | Acts 27:9-10 Hebrews 9:7 |
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| 27 | Acharei Mot * | 9-2-23 | Leviticus 16-18 | Ezekiel 22 | Ephesians 5 |
| SUKKOT 1 | TBD | Exodus 12, 33-34 (Plus Devarim in a shemittah year, the next is 2029) |
Ezekiel 38-39 Nehemiah 8:13-18 |
John 7 | |
| 28 | Kedoshim * | 9-9-23 | Leviticus 19-20 | Amos 9 | 1 Corinthians 6 Galatians 5 |
| SUKKOT 7 LAST GREAT DAY | TBD | ||||
| SHEMINI ATZERET | TBD | ||||
| 29 | Emor | 9-16-23 | Leviticus 21-24 | Ezekiel 44 | Luke 11-12 |
| 30 | Behar | 9-23-23 | Leviticus 25:1-26:2 | Jeremiah 32 | Luke 13 |
| 31 | Bechukotai | 9-30-23 | Leviticus 26:3-27 | Jeremiah 16-17 | Luke 14-15 |
| 32 | Bemidbar | 10-7-23 | Numbers 1:1-4:20 | Hosea 2 | Luke 16-17 |
| 33 | Nasso | 10-14-23 | Numbers 4:21-7:89 | Judges 13-15 | John 11 |
| 34 | Beha’alotcha | 10-21-23 | Numbers 8:1-12:15 | Zechariah 2-4 | Luke 17-18 |
| 35 | Shelach | 10-28-23 | Numbers 13:1-15:41 | Joshua 1-2 | Matthew 10 Acts 13 |
| 36 | Korach | 11-4-23 | Numbers 16-18 | 1 Samuel 11-12 | John 19 |
| 37 | Chukat | 11-11-23 | Numbers 19:1-22:1 | Judges 11 | 1 Peter 4 |
| 38 | Balak | 11-18-23 | Numbers 22:2-25:9 | 2 Kings 5 Micah 5-6 |
Jude |
| 39 | Pinchas | 11-25-23 | Numbers 25:10-30:1 | 1 Kings 18-19 Psalms 106 |
Matthew 5 |
| 40 | Mattot/Massei | 12-2-23 | Numbers 30:2-36:13 | Jeremiah 2-3 | Ephesians 5-6 |
| 41 | Devarim | 12-9-23 | Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 | Isaiah 1 | Mark 14 |
| 42 | Va’etchanan | 12-16-23 | Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 | Isaiah 40 | Luke 22 |
| 43 | Ekev | 12-23-23 | Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 | Isaiah 49-51 | John 13-15 |
| 44 | Re’eh | 12-30-23 | Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 | Isaiah 66 | Ma’asei (Acts) 15 |
| 45 | Shoftim | 1-6-24 | Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 | Isaiah 51-52 | Matthew 26-27 |
| 46 | Ki Tetze | 1-13-24 | Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 | Isaiah 54 | Luke 22-23 |
| 47 | Ki Tavo | 1-20-24 | Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 | Isaiah 60 | Luke 22-23 (again) |
| 48 | Nitzavim | 1-27-24 | Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 | Isaiah 61-63 | Luke 24 (all) |
| 49 | Vayelech | 2-3-24 | Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30 | Hosea 14 Micah 7 Joel 2 |
James 1-2 (all) |
| 50 | Ha’azinu | 2-10-24 | Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 | 2 Samuel 22 | 1 Corinthians 1 |
| 51 | Vezot Haberakhah | 2-17-24 | Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 | Matthew 5-7 | |
| 52 | Our Commission | 2-24-24 | Galatians 1-6 | ||
| 53 | Family Order | 3-2-24 | 1 Timothy Titus |
This restored Second Temple Period feast cycle is designed to re-establish the Torah Parasha system that was used during Yeshua’s time in the Second Temple Period. It begins based on the aviv barley in Israel (see our studies on the calendar). It refreshes on Rosh HaShanah (Aviv 1) of each year, with the ripening of the (first) firstfruits of barley in the land of Israel.
All feast dates include the evening before (except Pesach and Shemini Atzeret).
While the Torah (Pentateuch) portion of the parasha will not normally change, the Haftarah and the Brit Chadasha portions may change each year as the Spirit leads, to help our people navigate the end times successfully.
Congratulations and praise Yahweh that you have found this restored original Second Temple Period feast cycle schedule, that starts the year when Yahweh says to start the year!
This schedule is only a recommendation. Elders, please feel free to depart from it as the Spirit leads. On average, one year in three will be a “leap year” with 13 months. In those years we read chapters from the Renewed Covenant (NT) which remind us of our calling in Yeshua (until the next Aviv 1).
It can help to read the material before attending fellowship, or listening to any other studies. Then after Elohim has shown you the insights He has for you and your family, it can help to listen to the insights Elohim is giving others in our nation so that together we can all move the Great Commission forward. I will share insights from an apostolic and prophetic level. Your congregational elders and deacons may have other important insights from the “lay leader” level.
We do not add to the Torah by celebrating man-made holidays such as Hanukkah or Purim. (For why Yeshua did not celebrate Hanukkah, please see the Torah Calendar study.) Tabernacles is an “open” feast (evangelism). All other festivals and meetings are closed to the public (set apart). (The traditional “exploration period” is three months.)
Questions, concerns, or loving suggestions for improvement? Please email contact@nazareneisrael.org.