Bereshit

Genesis 1:1-6:8

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For full text in English and Hebrew, click here: Genesis 1:1-6:8

In this Torah portion, God creates the world. After Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are banished from the Garden of Eden. Later Cain kills Abel. God then considers destroying all of Creation.

Click here for a summary of Bereshit.
Click here for a summary of the Haftarah for Bereshit.

Apple in the Garden of Eden
In the Garden of Eden

Text Studies

Social Action and Environmentalism

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
 
Becoming Every Brother’s Keeper
Rachel Farbiarz, AJWS
 
Completing Creation
Rabbi Neal J. Loevinger, KOLEL
 
The Stewardship Paradigm
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Canfei Nesharim 
The Power Of A Name: The Power Of Naming
Rabbi Andrew Davids, Union for Reform Judaism 
Down From The Mountaintop
Rabbi Phil Miller, socialaction.com 

From the Denominations

Pluralism and Outreach

For Every Thing, A Purpose
Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish University

 

Naming Noah
Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowships

 

The Two Creation Stories
Ismar Schorsch, Jewish Theological Seminary

 

New Beginnings
Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Big Tent Judaism

 

The Complexity Of Creation
Rabbi Jonathan Glass, Orthodox Union

 

Together But Separate
Devorah Weisberg, CLAL

 


Multimedia

Parshat Bereshit Quiz
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

 

Parshat Bereshit Challah
Julie Seltzer

 

Parshat Bereshit for Families
Torah Topics for Today

 

Sibling Rivalry
Torah Topics for Today

 

Saying No to Temptation
Torah Topics for Today

 






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