Torah for Tishrei

Introduction:

The month of Tishrei's concept - the birthday of the world, and that of Bereishet/Genesis, the first Torah reading in the Jewish Year, are closely connected. Chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis describe the process of the creation of the world. Hashem (G-d) created the world in six days, and on the seventh day He refrained from creative activity, thereby "creating" the concept rest.

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1
The First Day of Creation
" In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth..."

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 7
The Second Day of Creation
"And G-d made the firmament (Heaven)"

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 9
The Third Day of Creation
"Let the waters be gathered beneath the heavens into one area and let the dry land appear..."

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 14
The Fourth Day of Creation
"Let there be lights in the heavens to separate between the day and the night, and they shall be for signs and for festivals"

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 20
The Fifth Day of Creation
"Let the waters teem with swarming live beings, and fowl that fly over the earth across the expanse of the heavens."

Genesis Chapter 1, Verses 25 & 27
The Sixth Day of Creation

Verse 25:
"And G-d made the beast of the earth according to its kind, and the animal according to its kind, and every creeping being of the ground according to its kind"

Verse 27:
"And G-d created man in His image, in the image of G-d. He created them, male and female. He created them."

Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 2
The Seventh Day of Creation
"And G-d completed on the seventh day, His work which He had done, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had done."