Parashat Vayera - The escape from Sodom ends up bad... - Rabbi Alon Anava

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Alon Anava’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

how many weird stories are you familiar with in the Torah no you know know most of the stories in the Torah are normal and more than that it's very easy to see the moral and the meaning and the message H behind the story but some some stories in the Torah are very weird and not only that they're weird you don't even see the message behind it you read it if you pay attention you're like what and then when you're trying to figure out what's behind it if you're already thinking you can't see any message behind it so today I want to talk about one of the most weirdest stories in the Torah that seems like there's no common sense behind it and and uh I'm pretty sure that if you pay attention it will change your life and which story am I'm talking about in our parasha is the story with Lot's wife that suddenly she looks back as they're going out of Dum and she turns into a pillar of salt on the surface seems like what what is I going to do now who knows Lot's wife never heard of her we've been reading about lot for the last two never have we heard about his wife and not only that a story that a woman looks back and she turns into a pillar of salt from all story from all things like why salt and what did you do what did you do she turned back that's what she did she turns back and she turns into salt doesn't make sense here I can't

Jump to a moment

1. 0:00how many weird stories are you familiar with in the Torah no you know know most…
2. 6:00money that's it very simple you have X amount of money you want to add on…
3. 12:11story that they they they didn't like guests they didn't like Intruders in any type of…
4. 18:31ofum this is where the message of this class lies pay attention before we understand the…
5. 24:42country most people are greedy for money they'll do anything for money they'll step all all…
6. 30:55length how they went in lot took them into their house and everybody all the residents…
7. 37:41North America South Africa you tell them run away Hashem is going to come down like…
8. 43:53the verse and his wife looked from behind him why behind him behind lot it's not…
9. 50:04of right 26 is 3 * 26 is 78 it says about when it comes to…
10. 56:10their ears but the education of I don't want to give cuz she believed giving is…

About Rabbi Alon Anava on Lehallel

1,967 approved videos from 2011 to 2026, 1,617 of them searchable by their own words. Open all of Rabbi Alon Anava’s shiurim →

Most played

The reason the entire world is attacked by the coronavirus & Rabbi Anava 2nd near death experience1:59:30 · 544K views · Mar 29, 2020Is there life after death? Is G-od real? Jewish NDE (Near Death Experience) Rabbi Alon Anava2:03:16 · 334K views · Jan 4, 2016How Do I Know the Messiah is Coming? - Rabbi Alon Anava3:15:29 · 268K views · Jul 28, 2016

More from Rabbi Alon Anava

G-ods will needs to be your will! #torah #selfgrowth #god0:51 · 2.1K views · Nov 4We Came Here for a Purpose.! #inspirationalvideos #israel1:05 · 2.8K views · Nov 3Are you gonna let the chaos around you affect you? #torah #selfgrowth0:46 · 3.4K views · Nov 3What is happening to New York?? #inspirationalvideos #israel #newyork1:06 · 8.5K views · Nov 2Stop running away from reality! #torah #selfgrowth0:49 · 4.7K views · Nov 1The Israeli elections, how does that affect us? What do you need to do!58:51 · 15K views · Oct 28

More on this topic, from other speakers

Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Parashat VayeraRabbi Binyamin Yuhanan · 59:50 · 60 views · Jan 5, 2021VaEira - Redeeming Speech from ExileR' Nasan Maimon · 6:07 · 63 views · Jan 16, 2020Parashat Chayei Sarah: “Sarah the Greatest/ Rivka the Kindest”Rabbi Avraham Benhaim · 40:18 · 137 views · Nov 20, 2022Chukas 5776 How to forgiveRabbi Dovid Eisenberg · 3:43 · 28 views · Jul 15, 2016