Parashat Bereshit 5787 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

10 October 2026 / 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

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 ·

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

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

References

Parashat Bereshit from Sefaria.org

Sefaria, Inc.

The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)

Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993