Parashat Bereshit 5787 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

Read on / 29 Tishrei 5787.

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

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8

In Parashat Bereshit, God creates the heavens, the world, Adam and Eve, and Sabbath. A serpent convinces Eve, who then invites Adam, to eat the fruit of tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which God had forbidden to them. So God curses them and expels them from the Garden of Eden. One of their sons, Cain, becomes the first murderer, killing his brother Abel out of jealousy. Adam and Eve have other children, whose descendants populate the Earth. Each generation becomes more and more degenerate until God, despairing, decides to destroy humanity. Only one man, Noah, finds God's favor. [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 ·
  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

See Diaspora reading

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

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

Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 42:5 - 42:21 · 17 p’sukim

Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
  1. 1: 1:1-5 · 5 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 1:6-8 · 3 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 1:9-13 · 5 p’sukim ·

Commentary and Divrei Torah

List of Dates

Parashat Bereshit is read in Israel on:

References

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
"Bereshit (parashah) from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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