Shabbat Bereishit's Influence on the Year

Peri Tzadik, Bereshit 5

Peri Tzadik, Bereshit 5

Each Shabbat possesses a distinct holiness corresponding to the parashah read on that day, and the holiness of Parashat Bereishit is that merit to experience the light of the spirit of Mashiach; therefore the Torah is arranged so that Bereishit is always read on the last Shabbat of Tishrei, and the entire month following is conducive to this awakening of repentance from above that brings redemption.

Likkutei Sichos 1, Bereishis

בראשית

Likkutei Sichos 1, Bereishis Shabbos Bereishis

The Rebbe discusses Shabbos Bereishis as a foundational Shabbos that sets the tone for the year. He explains that the spiritual momentum established at the beginning of Bereishis continues to shape the avodah of the months ahead.

Likkutei Sichos 1, Bereishis

בראשית

Likkutei Sichos 1 Bereishis

This teaching emphasizes that the opening of the Torah is not merely chronological but defines an ongoing mode of creation. The start of Bereishis carries the theme of continual renewal, which supports the idea that the year's character is drawn from its beginning.

Shem MiShmuel, Bereshit 2:10

Shem MiShmuel, Bereshit 2:10

The passage explains that the world's creation occurred under the attribute of Divine justice (din) while its sustenance operates under mercy (rachamim) in partnership with justice, deriving from a primordial divine thought, because creation under mercy alone would have negated the world's existence and sustenance without prior mercy would be unworthy of continuation.

Ein Aya, Shabbat 9:57

עין איה, שבת ט׳:נ״ז (שבת ס״ז ע״ב) — ד"ה תנא אותו היום נטל עשר עטרות

Ein Aya, Shabbat 9:57

The year receives its form and character—encompassing all its natural cycles of seed and harvest, cold and heat—according to the general impression made by the divine light that was revealed on the first day of the months of the year, through the manifestation of God's hand upon His servants and His world.