Parashat Bereshit 5787 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית
/ 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
Bereishit (‘In the Beginning”), the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are 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
Triennial
See Diaspora reading
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
I Samuel 20:18-42
· 25 p’sukim
*Shabbat Machar Chodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 42:5-21 · 17 p’sukim
Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
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
- Parashat Bereshit from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.