Bereschit (Sidra)

Bereshit ( Biblical Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית 'In the beginning' ) is a reading section ( Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah and includes the text Genesis / Bereschit 1,1–6,8 (1 BHS , 2 BHS , 3 BHS , 4 BHS , 5 BHS , 6,1-8 BHS ). Bereshit after the first word denotes on the one hand the Parasha, on the other hand the entire Book of Genesis.

It is the cider of the 4th or 5th Shabbat in the month of Tishri .

On Simchat Torah , the cycle of Torah reading is ended with the last Parascha from the Book of Devarim and the new cycle is immediately opened again with the reading of Gen 1,1-2,3 (1 BHS , 2,1-3 BHS ). In some liberal congregations, Gen 1,14-19 BHS is read instead of the sacrifice instructions from Num 28 BHS as Maftir on a Sabbath that falls on Rosh Chodesh .

Essential content

Creation of heaven and earth and the individual things in 6 days
God's rest on the seventh day as a reason for Shabbat
Description of the creation of Adam and Eve with reference to monogamy
Indication of the descent of all people from just one pair of great parents
Institution of men in the garden of Eden
Seduction by the snake
Cursing snakes and people, driving them out of the garden
Birth of Cain and Abel
Assassination of Abel
Birth of the set
Ten genders of the offspring sets to Noah
Malice of people, their lifespan limited to 120 years
God's decision to destroy his creatures - except for Noah

Haftara

The associated with this parashah Haftarah after Ashkenazic rite Isaiah 42.5 to 43.10 (42.5 to 25 BHS , 43.1 to 10 BHS ) and after sephardischem custom 42.5-21 BHS . In the liberal rite the choice of Haftara is partly free.

literature

David Sander: Bereschit . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape I . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 853 ( uni-frankfurt.de ).
Paraschatext Bereschit / Genesis 1.1–6.8. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved September 30, 2017 .
Haftaratext Isaiah 42.5–43.10. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .

Web links

Tom Kučera: Bereschit - The great becoming. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, October 20, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 .
William Wolff : Bereschit - Not a perfect world. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, October 16, 2015, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Gábor Lengyel: Bereschit - food, beauty, wisdom. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, October 24, 2014, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Elisa Klapheck: Bereschit - Creation and Evolution. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, October 12, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 23 f . (414 pp.).
↑ Michael A. Fishbane: Haftarot . In: The JPS Bible Commentary . 1st edition. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 2002, ISBN 0-8276-0691-5 , pp. 3 (593 pages, Jewish year 5762).

[1] Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 23 f . (414 pp.).

[2] Michael A. Fishbane: Haftarot . In: The JPS Bible Commentary . 1st edition. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 2002, ISBN 0-8276-0691-5 , pp. 3 (593 pages, Jewish year 5762).