Weekly Portion Bereshit
October 10, 2026
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Creation
Creation Harmony
In the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve leaving the Garden of Eden
Parasha Bereshit “In the Beginning” בְּרֵאשִׁית Genesis 1:1-6:8, is the 1st weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of Torah reading beginning after Rosh Ha Shana, the Jewish New Year.
It begins with G-d’s Creation of the world.
On the first day, G-d creates light; on the second day, the sky; on the third, the earth, seas, and vegetation; on the fourth, the sun and moon; on the fifth, animals of the air and sea; on the sixth, land animals and Adam; and Eve from his rib.
G-d rests from his work on the seventh day, the Sabbath.
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.
Creation Tallit
Creation Band I
This band is a telescoped view of the first five days of creation.
Translation of Hebrew Genesis 1:1:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Creation Band II
Animals congregate in harmony in this pastoral scene.
Translation of Hebrew Genesis 1:24:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים תּוֹצֵ֨א הָאָ֜רֶץ נֶ֤פֶשׁ חַיָּה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ בְּהֵמָ֥ה וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־אֶ֖רֶץ לְמִינָ֑הּ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן:
“And God said: ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.’ And it was so.”
