Parashat Bereshit 5781 / פרשת בְּרֵאשִׁית

Read in the Diaspora on 17 October 2020 (29 Tishrei 5781).

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

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8

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)
  6. 6: 4:23-5:24 (28 p'sukim)
  7. 7: 5:25-6:8 (16 p'sukim)
  8. maf: 6:5-8 (4 p'sukim)
Triennial - year 2
  1. 1: 2:4-9 (6 v.)
  2. 2: 2:10-19 (10 v.)
  3. 3: 2:20-25 (6 v.)
  4. 4: 3:1-21 (21 v.)
  5. 5: 3:22-24 (3 v.)
  6. 6: 4:1-18 (18 v.)
  7. 7: 4:19-26 (8 v.)
  8. maf: 4:23-26 (4 v.)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Samuel 20:18 - 20:42 - Shabbat Machar Chodesh

Regular Haftarah for Bereshit: Isaiah 42:5 - 43:10

Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 42:5 - 42:21

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Bereshit is read in the Diaspora on:

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly