This Week’s Torah Portion: B’reishit – בְּרֵאשִׁית (Genesis 1:1−6:8)
“And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God—creating them male and female” Genesis 1:27. God created every person in God’s image, everyone, it does not matter what ethnicity, skin color, race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, we are all created in God’s image. When we hurt another person, we are hurting the image of God. When we kill another person, we are diminishing the presence of God in our world.
Parsha B’reishit – בְּרֵאשִׁית Torah Summary:
God creates the world and everything in it in six days and rests on the seventh. (1:1-2:3)
Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden, where they eat the forbidden fruit and are subsequently exiled. (2:15-3:24)
Adam and Eve have two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain kills his brother, Abel. (4:1-24)
Adam and Eve have another child named Seth. The Torah lists the ten generations from Adam to Noah. (4:25-5:32)
God regrets having created human beings and decides to destroy everything on earth, but Noah finds favor with God. (6:5-6:8)
B’reishit – בְּרֵאשִׁית
“And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God—creating them male and female” Genesis 1:27. God created every person in God’s image, everyone, it does not matter what ethnicity, skin color, race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, we are all created in God’s image. When we hurt another person, we are hurting the image of God. When we kill another person, we are diminishing the presence of God in our world.
B’reishit – בְּרֵאשִׁית
