Next Genesis, a Rosh Chodesh Society course. In Bereshit, the story began; in us, it continues. If the Torah were merely a book of stories, we could compose better stories. Rather, every word contains supernal truths and sublime secrets. Zohar, Vol. 3, p. 152a.
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We stood at Sinai to hear how the Creator wanted us to live. When the revelation ended, Moses presented it all as one enormous scroll.

Rolling it open, we found something surprising. The opening section, a long one, holds almost no directives. Instead it gives us narratives: the origins of existence and the formative experiences of our earliest ancestors.

These stories are not accounts of what was. They are blueprints of what is, breathtaking in their depth, if we can uncover their supernal truths and sublime secrets and bring them to life.

Next Genesis is a seven-part journey into the early narratives of Genesis, uncovering layers of meaning from ethical insight to mystical structure. The Torah does not only command. It educates and transforms.

Cost
$175 for the full course
$30 a single class · $25 textbook
When
Mondays, 7:00 PM
Nov 2026 to May 2027
Where
Chabad V•SI
Instructor
Mrs. Tzippy Mann
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Full-course price includes your student book and a surprise gift.
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The Seven Classes
Nov 9 Mon 2026
A fig branch, half engraving and half color, split by a diagonal line.
01

Generating a Universe

Living Between the Trees
Human history is born in beauty, with trees and fruits, with clarity and mission. Enter Eden’s serenity to discover the driving purpose of Genesis, the roles of the human body and its soul in G‑d’s plan, and the relationship between corporeality and spirituality. Meet the first couple and, at the Garden’s center, a couple of trees bearing towering secrets of awareness and eternity.
Dec 14 Mon 2026
Two serpents, half engraving and half color, split by a diagonal line.
02

Engendering Evil

Biting More Than Can Be Swallowed
A cosmic blunder that echoes today. A saga of a sin and a serpent’s seduction, broken apart to reveal depths of psychological and spiritual profundity. Meet the extraordinary capabilities and goodness of the first woman. Explore the roles of our own inner Eve and Adam. Encounter the tragedy and trajectory of human self-perception.
Jan 11 Mon 2027
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03

Emergent Shame

Wrapping to Reveal, Laboring to Rise
Fig-leaf figures, leather outfits, and gleaming garb: discover the origin and function of clothing. Watch the birth of shame. Discover the Divine design behind the struggles of life, from daily labor to labor pains. Penalties imposed in paradise become portals of purpose and repair. Eavesdrop on valuable guidance for your relationship with temptation.
Feb 8 Mon 2027
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04

Divergence

Mending the Rift between Sky and Soil
In the fallout of eviction from Eden, a brother became a bother and a sibling a slayer. Step into the intellectual chasm between sky and soil, where the rift between a shepherd and a cultivator erupts over a rejected gift. Examine the early mechanics of jealousy, conflict, and crime, and meet the powers of self-control, remorse, and purposeful balance.
Mar 8 Mon 2027
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05

Degeneration

Harnessing Progress for Moral Greatness
A flood of wealth. An avalanche of societal advance. Visit the pre-Flood universe to view the roots of corruption and moral decay. Meet the first musician, early inventors, and pioneers of paganism. Discover the power of global immersion as a water treatment. Learn the key to meaningful redirection of assets and passions and the beauty of bonds of choice.
Apr 5 Mon 2027
Noah’s ark, half engraving and half color, split by a diagonal line.
06

Regenerating Society

Becoming a Beacon
A wooden ark in a world of water. Meet a man whose folded arms failed humanity and whose sleepless efforts saved it. Step onto the fresh soil of a softer world, where confidence sprouts more readily, where empathy, sacrifice, and vision transform weakness into success and indifference into outreach. Climb out of Noah’s isolation into the global embrace of Abraham.
May 10 Mon 2027
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07

Convergence

Living with the Creator
Meet a family that moved, and moved all of humanity. Learn the missing background of the first Jew: the dramatic decades of a global illuminator that was kept in the dark. Discover how to react to crisis, mishap, and setback. Collect the keys to soul fulfillment, and cross the bridge laid by Heaven that leads you to the Infinite.
In Bereshit, the story began…
in us, it continues.
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