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When Is B'reishit Read?
/ 29 Tishri 5787
/ 29 Tishri 5788
/ 24 Tishri 5789
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
- In the Beginning, God Created Prayer
- 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
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Listen to Podcasts About B'reishit
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
B'reishit and the Courage to Begin Again
By: Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
As we return to B’reishit this year, what light must we name? Where must we separate darkness from goodness in Jewish life and in the world? How will we affirm what is tov me’od for our communities now?
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