Category: Parashat Bereshit

How Creatures Emulate God

In her senior rabbinical school sermon for JTS, Sarah Rockford explores Parashat Bereishit and how creatures emulate God.
October 24, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning
Why Are We Violent? A “Cain And Abel” Perspective

Why Are We Violent? A “Cain And Abel” Perspective

The rabbinic treatment of the Cain and Abel story warns us about our inclinations towards violence and how we encounter others.
April 3, 2025 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Dvar Torah

Parashah Summary: Bereshit

Take a look at the summary for Parashah Bereshit, including aliyah-by-aliyah summaries for and a haftarah summary.
February 19, 2025 Bereshit Summary Parashat Bereshit

Guiding Questions: Isaiah 43

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Isaiah on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
January 2, 2025 Isaiah Neviim (Prophets)

Guiding Questions: Isaiah 42

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Isaiah on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
January 2, 2025 Isaiah Neviim (Prophets)
Fat Liberation in Gan Eden

Fat Liberation in Gan Eden

God created humans with naked bodies and no shame. Now, we live in a world that wants us to forget that we were made in ...
November 14, 2024 JTS Senior Sermon Learning
Haftarah for Bereshit

Haftarah for Bereshit

The theme of creation links the haftarah to the theologies of Creation in the Bible. The prophet expresses the continuity of divine action.
October 21, 2024 Isaiah Neviim (Prophets)

Guiding Questions: Genesis 6

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 17, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide

Guiding Questions: Genesis 5

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 17, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide

Guiding Questions: Genesis 4

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 17, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide

Guiding Questions: Genesis 3

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 17, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide

Guiding Questions: Genesis 2

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 17, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide

Guiding Questions: Genesis 1

Find guiding questions for each chapter of Genesis on Exploring Judaism, the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism.
September 16, 2024 Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit Study Guide
We Have a Responsibility to the Earth

We Have a Responsibility to the Earth

Some interpret Creation as an allowance to plunder the Earth. However, that is a misconception; we have a responsibility to the Earth.
May 15, 2024 Climate and Environment Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
The Mitzvah of Environmental Sustainability

The Mitzvah of Environmental Sustainability

What does Judaism say about environmental sustainability? Yishuv Ha'olam is the mitzvah to build and maintain a sustainable world.
January 3, 2024 CJLS Climate and Environment