Parashat Bereshit 5790 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

Read on / 27 Tishrei 5790.

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 year 2
  1. 1: 2:4-9 · 6 p’sukim ·
  2. 2: 2:10-19 · 10 p’sukim ·
  3. 3: 2:20-25 · 6 p’sukim ·
  4. 4: 3:1-21 · 21 p’sukim ·
  5. 5: 3:22-24 · 3 p’sukim ·
  6. 6: 4:1-18 · 18 p’sukim ·
  7. 7: 4:19-26 · 8 p’sukim ·
  8. maf: 4:23-26 · 4 p’sukim ·

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Isaiah 42:5-43:10 · 31 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 42:5-21 · 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 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
"Bereshit (parashah) from Wikipedia" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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