Learn to Lein Parshat Vayeira Torah Reading וַיֵּרָא
Learn the Trop, Hebrew Cantillation
Parshat Vayeira: the three visitors and the promise of a son, Avraham's plea for Sedom, the overturning of the cities, Yitzchak's birth, the sending away of Yishmael, and Akeidat Yitzchak. The seventh aliyah is also the Torah reading of the second day of Rosh Hashanah. About 25 minutes of leining, recorded aliyah by aliyah by a Master Baal Koreh with every word highlighted as it is read.
Next leined on Saturday, 31 October 2026
| Reading | Pesukim | Audio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliyah 1 | Genesis 18:1-18:1414 pesukim | 2:15Free | Hear Aliyah 1 → |
| Aliyah 2 | Genesis 18:15-18:3319 pesukim | 3:22Members | Hear Aliyah 2 → |
| Aliyah 3 | Genesis 19:1-19:2020 pesukim | 4:20Members | Hear Aliyah 3 → |
| Aliyah 4 | Genesis 19:21-21:440 pesukim | 6:23Members | Hear Aliyah 4 → |
| Aliyah 5 | Genesis 21:5-21:2117 pesukim | 2:29Members | Hear Aliyah 5 → |
| Aliyah 6 | Genesis 21:22-21:3413 pesukim | 1:48Members | Hear Aliyah 6 → |
| Aliyah 7 | Genesis 22:1-22:2424 pesukim | 4:11Members | Hear Aliyah 7 → |
| Maftir | Genesis 22:20-22:245 pesukim | 0:40Members | Hear the Maftir → |
| Haftarah | II Kings 4:1-4:3737 pesukim | Coming soon | Hear the Haftarah → |
Aliyah 1 — Genesis 18:1-18:14
עלייה 1 — בראשית 18:1-18:14Three visitors come to Avraham on the third day after his milah and he runs to serve them. They announce that Sarah will have a son, and Sarah laughs.
Aliyah 2 — Genesis 18:15-18:33
עלייה 2 — בראשית 18:15-18:33Hashem tells Avraham what is planned for Sedom. Avraham pleads for the cities, from fifty righteous people down to ten.
Aliyah 3 — Genesis 19:1-19:20
עלייה 3 — בראשית 19:1-19:20Two angels come to Lot in Sedom. The men of the city surround his house. Lot and his family are led out at dawn.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 4 — Genesis 19:21-21:4
עלייה 4 — בראשית 19:21-21:4Sedom is overturned and Lot's wife becomes a pillar of salt. Lot's daughters. Avraham and Sarah in Gerar with Avimelech. Yitzchak is born and circumcised on the eighth day.
Leining tip: Hashem Pakad Et Sarah is the first day leining for Rosh Hashanah. There is a different trop for when it is read then. When reading this parsha during the year, regular baaley kriah have to remember to stay on normal trop.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 5 — Genesis 21:5-21:21
עלייה 5 — בראשית 21:5-21:21Yitzchak's birth is celebrated. Sarah demands that Hagar and Yishmael be sent away, and an angel saves Yishmael in the desert.
Leining tip: The pasuk that ends "כל השומע יצחק לי" is pronounced "Yitsachak". As if there's a patach under the tzadi.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 6 — Genesis 21:22-21:34
עלייה 6 — בראשית 21:22-21:34Avimelech makes a treaty with Avraham at Be'er Sheva. Avraham plants an eishel and calls in the name of Hashem.
Back to top ↑Aliyah 7 — Genesis 22:1-22:24
עלייה 7 — בראשית 22:1-22:24Akeidat Yitzchak: Avraham takes his son to Har HaMoriah, the angel stops his hand, and a ram is offered in his place. The birth of Rivka is announced.
Leining tip: Here is the famous Akeida leining. This is read on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashana and has a unique trop when read then. If you are reading it during the year, the normal trop is read.
Back to top ↑Maftir — Genesis 22:20-22:24
מפטיר — בראשית 22:20-22:24The children of Nachor, Avraham's brother, among them Betuel, the father of Rivka.
Back to top ↑Haftarah — II Kings 4:1-4:37
הפטרה — מלכים ב 4:1-4:37Elisha and the Shunamite woman, who is promised a son as Sarah was, and whose son Elisha brings back to life.