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When Is B'reishit Read?
/ 26 Tishri 5786
/ 29 Tishri 5787
/ 29 Tishri 5788
Summary
- God creates the world and everything in it in six days and rests on the seventh. (1:1-2:3)
- Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden, where they eat the forbidden fruit and are subsequently exiled. (2:15-3:24)
- Adam and Eve have two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain kills his brother, Abel. (4:1-24)
- Adam and Eve have another child named Seth. The Torah lists the ten generations from Adam to Noah. (4:25-5:32)
- God regrets having created human beings and decides to destroy everything on earth, but Noah finds favor with God. (6:5-6:8)
More B'reishit Commentaries
- The Journey Toward Knowledge
- “God sent You”
- Living in the Light of Goodness
- What Does it Mean to Be Human?
- The Legacy of the Tree of All Knowledge
- Did God Create a World Before This One?
- Eden Defines the Truth About Responsibility
- B’reishit for Teens: Shabbat Sha-raps
- The Gift of God's First Creation
- How to Read the Bible: Art as a Higher Manifestation of Nature
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Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat B'reishit in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: B'reishit Commentary
In the Beginning, God Created Prayer
By: Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler
This week, I am reflecting on a poem by Rivka Miriam. Rivka Miriam is an Israeli poet and artist who has been instrumental in the Jewish secular religious renewal movement in Israel.
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