Due to the expected inclement weather on Sunday, January 25, all programs and services at Temple Israel will be cancelled. Evening minyan will be on TIGN Zoom only.

On Monday, January 26, all in-person programs and services at Temple Israel will be cancelled. This includes the Beth HaGan Early Childhood Center. The synagogue business office will be closed, but staff will be working remotely and available to take your call. For the Players rehearsal, please be on the lookout for a separate email. The Shoah Book Club will take place on TIGN Zoom. Morning and evening minyan will be on TIGN Zoom only.

Temple Israel of Great Neck

Vayera

In this portion, Abraham is informed by angels that he and Sarah will have a son and that the wicked cities of Sodom (where Lot lives) and Gomorrah are to be destroyed, Abraham argues with God about justice and God agrees to spare the cities if there are at least ten righteous men among them. Lot turns out to be the only righteous man and the cities are destroyed, but Lot and his families are saved. Sarah gives birth to the long-awaited son, Isaac, and demands that Abraham expel Hagar’s and her son, Ishmael. God further tests Abraham’s faith through the near sacrifice of Isaac. These incidents serve to illustrate Abraham’s expanding concept of God and also reveal his human failings.

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