Parasha From a Poets Perspective: Parashas Vayera - Hineni
The fourth Torah Portion of Sefer Bereshis has arrived. In Parashas Vayera, we have a lot happening, from Avraham Avinu inviting the angels who appear to him as guests, to the destruction of Sedom, to the Akeda, there is so much to learn about, so many beautiful lessons to internalize and many beautiful messages and deep explanations to connect to. I myself found it hard to narrow my options down as to what to write about. Alongside that, deciding how to go about writing the idea I wanted to work with was also a challenge. I could have either written a poem about Avraham Avinu and the angels, or about the Akeda. Now with those baseline ideas set before me, how would I go about writing each one? Do I mention the tests that Avraham had to pass, in order to fully conceptualize my idea for the Akeda? Or do I write about the guests from a fun and whimsical perspective? Or how about a third option? Well, my friends, it turned out that all my cards fell on that third option. But what was that...