Parashat Bereshit 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

/ 26 Tishrei 5786

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: Isaiah 42:5-43:10 · 31 p’sukim

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

Triennial year 1
  1. 1: 1:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: 1:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: 1:9-13 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: 1:14-19 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: 1:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
  6. 6: 1:24-31 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: 2:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  8. maf: 2:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

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

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

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

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Bereshit: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)

Bereshit: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible)

List of Dates

Parashat Bereshit is read in Israel on:

References

Parashat Bereshit from Sefaria.org
Sefaria, Inc.
Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8) and Haftarah (Isaiah 42:5-43:10): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
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, 1988
Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
Avram Israel Reisner, 2014

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