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Notes for Shabbat Bereshit
The reading of the Torah and its analysis is part of the Jewish liturgy. It is a cycle that concludes and begins anew during the celebration of Simchat Torah. The first chapters of Genesis, which will be read and analyzed this week, recount the creation of the cosmos, of the creatures that inhabit it, and of the human being—the most sophisticated and perfect among all creatures. They describe some of human nature's passions, such as sibling jealousy in the story of Cain and Abel (4:1–17), and the complementarity of the masculine and feminine in the account of Eve's creation (2:18–25).