Bereshit

Bereshit

1. Anglicized transliteration of בראשית‎ (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (literally, "In the beginning").
   • 2001, Max Kadushin, The Rabbinic Mind, page 35:

     We refer to the word Bereshit, the first word in Scripture.

   • 1992, Ellen Singer; Bernard M. Zlotowitz, Our Sacred Texts: Discovering the Jewish Classics, page 17:

     In Bereshit, God initiates the relationship with the Jewish nation.

   • 1972, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1197:

     Most of the sections, after the portion Bereshit expound biblical narratives, notably the deeds of the patriarchs, as allegories of the fate of the soul.

   Synonyms: Breishis, Bereishith

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