Israel bombs Iran on the first day of the first week of Torah readings. 10/25/2024 Parashat Bereshit

 Israel on Friday struck military targets in Iran, a long-awaited response to what officials in Jerusalem said were months of drone and missile attacks by Iran and its proxy network across the Middle East. Those attacks from Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Iranian military itself have continued since Hamas, another Iran-backed group, launched its Oct. 7 attack that killed some 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians.

Israeli Defense Forces officials said Friday night’s strikes were hitting military targets only, suggesting that Jerusalem is going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties in Iran.

“Right now, the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, said in a statement. “The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 — on seven fronts — including direct attacks from Iranian soil.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/25/israel-launches-strikes-military-targets-iran-offi/

Fri, 25 October 2024 after sunset = 24th of Tishrei, 5785

כ״ד בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ה

Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Cheshvan

Parashat Bereshit

Parashat Bereshit 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

26 October 2024 / 24 Tishrei 5785

Parashat Bereshit is the 1st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8

Bereishit (“In the Beginning”), the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are banished from the Garden of Eden. Their elder son, Cain, kills their younger son, Abel, and Cain is destined to a life of wandering. [1]

Simchat Torah ended at sunset today Friday the 25th Parshat started after sunset on Friday the 26th. 

Simchat Torah 2024 / שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה 5785

Day of Celebrating the Torah ✡️

Simchat Torah for Hebrew Year 5785 began on Thursday, 24 October 2024 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 25 October 2024.

Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תורָה, lit., “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret (“Eighth Day of Assembly”), which follows immediately after the festival of Sukkot in the month of Tishrei (mid-September to early October on the Gregorian calendar).

10/26 In the beginning... 

Parashat Bereshit 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית

26 October 2024 / 24 Tishrei 5785

Parashat Bereshit is the 1st weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8

Bereishit (“In the Beginning”), the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are banished from the Garden of Eden. Their elder son, Cain, kills their younger son, Abel, and Cain is destined to a life of wandering. [1]