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A Jewish space for discussing the weekly Torah portion. Weekly #ParshaChat chats on Wednesday 7:30-9pm and Shabbat 3-4:30pm Eastern.

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Q4: Looking through the text, does it seem to you that it's suggesting that God was surprised by any of this? If so, how so? If not, what do you make of this? #ParshaChat

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Genesis 1-2:3, for #ParshaChat study of Bereshit:
Sefaria: https://t.co/dFx5gZwKiz
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Q3: Do you think the text gives us any information about how the people might have felt about all this? If so, how so? If not, what do you make of this? #ParshaChat

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Gen. 1:28 God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.”

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Q2: Today, we'll focus on Genesis 1-2:3, the first version of the creation story. Looking through the text, what kinds of emotions are mentioned, alluded to, or evoked? What do you make of this? #ParshaChat

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Genesis 1-2:3, for #ParshaChat study of Bereshit:
Sefaria: https://t.co/dFx5gZwKiz
Verses also threaded below:

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Q0: Introduce yourself! Anything about you, your week, or your interest in #ParshaChat that you'd like to share.

Also: It was just Simchat Torah and the Hebrew anniversary of the October 7th massacre. How is everyone doing?

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If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan with questions!

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Welcome to #ParshaChat, a Jewish space for discussion of the weekly Torah reading (and sometimes other things!)

This week we are studying: Bereshit
Genesis 1:1-6:8
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Gen. 2:2 On the seventh day God finished the work that He had been doing, and He ceaseda on the seventh day from all the work that He had done.
Gen. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation that He had done.

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Genesis 1-2:3, for #ParshaChat study of Bereshit:
Sefaria: https://t.co/dFx5gZwKiz
Verses also threaded below:

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Gen. 1:31 And God saw all that He had made, and found it very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Gen. 2:1 ¶ The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array.