My Jewish Learning: Bereshit

Bereshit

Genesis 1:1-6:8

In this Torah portion, God creates the world with words. 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.

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Click here for a summary of the Haftarah for Bereshit.

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	Where Are You? Rabbi Elliot Kukla, AJWS
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
	The Stewardship Paradigm Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Canfei Nesharim
From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
For Every Thing, A Purpose Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity	Naming Noach Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowships
The Two Creation Stories Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Jewish Theological Seminary	New Beginnings Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Initiative
The Complexity Of Creation Rabbi Jonathan Glass, Orthodox Union	Together But Separate Dvora Weisberg, CLAL
	Duality & Unpredictablity of Human Nature Gary Rubin, UJA-Federation of New York
Multimedia
Parashat Bereshit Quiz Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Parashat Bereshit Challah Julie Seltzer