Parshat Vayeira: Hagar and Ishmael

 

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Genesis 18:1-22:24

There's so much to see in this week's parsha that Evan Wolkenstein, experiential educator, decides to zoom in and focus on the story of two relatively minor characters. (Although one of them - baby Ishmael - is an actual minor. Snort.)

Jewish educator Evan Wolkenstein focuses his G-dcast on Hagar's story, making the case that Hagar and Ishmael's suffering is part of the Torah's recipe for greatness.

The storyteller asks, "Could you have become the person you are without the suffering you've gone through?". Do you agree that suffering is part of the growing up process?



Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it! For a source sheet and lesson guide for this animated short please visit http://www.g-dcast.com/weekly-parsha/