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Genesis 1:1-6:8 The first Torah portion of all describes the creation of nature and humanity.

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Genesis 1:1-6:8 The first Torah portion of all describes the creation of nature and humanity.

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Genesis 1:1-6:8

Is Shabbat a starting place from which to enter the week? Or is it a respite and refuge from the week that has already passed?

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Genesis 1:1-6:8
In the first two chapters of the Torah, we find two different accounts of the creation of humanity. In this text study, Rabbi Maurice Harris explores the tension between these two stories, and presents a teaching from Midrash Bereishit Rabbah that presents food for thought about gender, essentialism, and the nature of humanity. 
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Genesis 1:1-6:8
A text study from the midrashic literature on the creation of humanity
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Genesis 1:1-6:8

Mordecai Kaplan offering an alternative reading of the Biblical story of creation that acknowledges modern science, and finds meaning nonetheless.

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Genesis 1:1-6:8

This lesson about the Garden of Eden encourages students to generate their own midrash. It models an approach that can be applied to other Torah texts.

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