Parashat Bereshit

This is an archive of Torah and Haftarah readings for Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), the eponymous first parashah in Sefer Bereshit according to the annual Torah reading cycle.

The haftarah reading for Parashat Bereshit is Isaiah 42:5-43:10.

Parashat Bereshit is preceded by parashat v’Zōt haBrakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12). Parashat Noaḥ (Genesis 6:9-11:32) follows it.

This parashah commences the annual cycle of Torah readings, an event celebrated on Simḥat Torah.

Click here to contribute a novel translation of a Torah or Haftarah reading you have prepared for Parashat Bereshit.

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🆕 אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַֽעַת | Aḥashvah la-Da’at — a zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli

This is the zulat piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomo ben Yehuda ha-Bavli, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new phonetic acrostic translation in English.

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Parashat Bereshit

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11th century C.E., 48th century A.M., Acrostic signature, German translation, Minhag Ashkenaz, Minhag Polin, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit, זולת zulat

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Seligman Baer and Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli

🆕 שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַֽיִם | Shesh Kenafim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit by Shlomoh ben Yehudah haBavli

This is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit by Shlomo haBavli, with English rhyming acrostic translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English. Less commonly recited in Minhag Polin, It is found in Sefer haMinhagim of R. Isaac Tyrnau.

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Parashat Bereshit

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10th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Minhag Polin, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli

🆕 אֵל נִשָּׂא | El Nisa — a yotser piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (both Minhag Ashkenaz and Polin), by Shlomo ben Yehudah ha-Bavli

An anonymous piyyuṭ, inserted into Nishmat Kol Ḥai, which, in the old Worms rite (as well as, according to some commentators, the Mainz rite), was recited on Shabbat Bereshit and day 1 of Shavuot. It describes God being clad in the ten midrashic divine garments at creation, the giving of the Torah, and the defeat of enemies.

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Parashat Bereshit

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10th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, German translation, Minhag Ashkenaz, Minhag Polin, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit, יוצר אור yotser ohr, יוצרות yotsrot

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Seligman Baer and Shlomoh ben Yehudah ha-Bavli

🆕 שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁחָקִים | Shaalu Sheḥakim — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Shlomo ibn Gabirol

This is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Shlomo ibn Gabirol, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English.

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Parashat Bereshit

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11th century C.E., 48th century A.M., Acrostic signature, German translation, Minhag Polin, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Seligman Baer and Shlomo ibn Gabirol

🆕 לְבַֽעַל הַתִּפְאֶֽרֶת | Ləva’al haTiferet — an ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (most commonly recited in Minhag Polin), by Rabbi Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

This is the ofan piyyuṭ for Shabbat Bereshit (Minhag Ashkenaz), by Rabbi Binyamin bar Zeraḥ, with Seligman Baer’s German translation and a new rhyming acrostic translation in English. Minhag Polin recites it on the third Shabbat after Pesach, and some communities both in the west and east recite it on the additional festival day of Pesaḥ when it falls on a weekday.

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Parashat Bereshit, Pesaḥ Yamei Ḥag

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11th century C.E., 48th century A.M., Acrostic signature, German translation, Minhag Polin, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation), Isaac Seligman Baer and Binyamin bar Zeraḥ

🆕 מִי אֵֽדֶר וָהוֹד | Mi Eder va-Hod — a piyyuṭ in Nishmat Kol Ḥai for Shabbat Bereshit and Shavuot, from the Maḥzor Worms

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Parashat Bereshit, Shavuot

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Maḥzor Worms, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai, פיוטים piyyuṭim, rhyming translation

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Unknown

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