Parshah (Weekly Torah Reading)

Isaiah 42:5-21. The haftorah of this week's reading opens with a statement by "the Almighty G-d, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who laid out the earth and made grow from it." This echoes the Torah portion's recounting of the cre...

"And Chanoch walked with G-d; and he was no more, for G-d had taken him."

Bereshit, the first portion in the Torah, often doesn’t get its fair share of airtime. While all other Torah portions are allotted a complete week, Bereshit, which is always begun on Simchat Torah, can have anywhere from one to six days, depending on the ...

Print this game for fun at the Shabbat table or youth group. Can accommodate up to eight players.

Journey through Bereishit with 13 enlightening facts.

A journey through the weekly Torah portion briefly explaining the text in plain English—based on the commentary of Rashi.

Eve had just one commandment: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Yet she ate and invited Adam to do the same. The classic commentators discuss why she ever listened to the snake.

Imagine if there was never a time or opportunity to start over again?

How are we supposed to live with ourselves in the aftermath?