• Look up bereshit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bereshit or Bereishith (Biblical Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית‎‎ Bərēʾšīṯ) is the first word both of the Jewish...
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    Bereshit, Bereishit, Bereshis, Bereishis, or B'reshith (בְּרֵאשִׁית‎—Hebrew for "in beginning" or "in the beginning," the first word in the parashah) is...
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  • for the esoteric doctrine of the universe, or for parts of it. Ma'aseh Bereshit (following Genesis 1) comprises the cosmogony of the Talmudic times; Ma'aseh...
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    other hand, Tuesday is considered a particularly lucky day, because in Bereshit (parashah), known in the Christian tradition as the first chapters of Genesis...
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    and that the name of the work, "Genesis Rabba", is an abbreviation of "Bereshit derabbi Hoshayah rabbah", is untenable for the reason that in the best...
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    Simchat Torah (redirect from Hatan Bereshit)
    Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎, lit., "Torah celebration", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates...
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  • Genesis 16:13:1". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-17. "Rabbeinu Bahya, Bereshit 16:13:1". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-05-17. "Sforno on Genesis 16:13:1"...
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    In the beginning (phrase) (category Bereshit (parashah))
    "In the beginning" (bereshit in Biblical Hebrew) is the opening-phrase or incipit used in the Bible in Genesis 1:1. In John 1:1 of the New Testament, the...
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    couplets.[citation needed] His versification of the Book of Genesis, the Bereshit-nāmah, was composed around 1358; it contains close to 8700 couplets. [citation...
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    verse of the Genesis creation narrative. It is a part of the Torah portion Bereshit (Genesis 1:1–6:8). Masoretic Text וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ...
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