Parashat Bereshit 5693 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

/ 29 Tishrei 5693

Parashat Bereshit is the 1st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8

Bereshit (“In the Beginning”) is the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, which restarts at the beginning of the book of Genesis. The reading begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are then banished from the Garden of Eden. Their elder son, Cain, kills their younger son, Abel, and Cain is destined to a life of wandering. [1]

Full Kriyah
    1. 1: 1:1-2:3 · 34 p’sukim
    2. 2: 2:4-19 · 16 p’sukim
    3. 3: 2:20-3:21 · 27 p’sukim
    4. 4: 3:22-4:18 · 21 p’sukim
    5. 5*: 4:19-22 · 4 p’sukim
      *some sources use 4:19-26
    6. 6*: 4:23-5:24 · 28 p’sukim
      *some sources use 5:1-24
    7. 7: 5:25-6:8 · 16 p’sukim
    8. maf: 6:5-8 · 4 p’sukim

Haftarah*: I Samuel 20:18-42 · 25 p’sukim
*Shabbat Machar Chodesh

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Bereshit: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

Bereshit: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Bereshit is read in the Diaspora on:

References

Parashat Bereshit from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8) and Haftarah (Isaiah 42:5-43:10): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993

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