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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 the first weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah consists of Genesis 1:1–6:8.
Each Torah portion consists of two to six chapters to be read during the week. There are 54 weekly portions or parashot.Torah reading mostly follows an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, with the divisions corresponding to the lunisolar Hebrew calendar, which contains up to 55 weeks, the exact number varying between leap years and regular years.
Bereshit (parashah) (8 C, 47 P) L. Lech-Lecha (3 C, 22 P) N. Noach (parashah) (6 C, 53 P) V. Vayeira ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Click to see the full original Hebrew text of Bereshit as it would appear on a Torah scroll in the original Hebrew script and transliteration and translation into English. Note 1: This category contains subjects included in the Weekly Torah portion and Torah reading of Bereshit (Genesis 1:1 - Genesis 6:8) from a Torah scroll during Jewish ...
The term parashah, parasha or parashat (Hebrew: פָּרָשָׁה Pārāšâ, "portion", Tiberian /pɔrɔˈʃɔ/, Sephardi /paraˈʃa/, plural: parashot or parashiyot, also called parsha) formally means a section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).
It is a part of the Torah portion known as Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8). "Let there be light" (like "in the beginning" in Genesis 1:1) has entered into common usage as a phrase. It is the motto (sometimes in its Latin form, fiat lux) for many educational institutions (using light as a metaphor for knowledge). The University of California is one ...
In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or עליות , aliyot.In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashat Vayeshev has three "open portion" (פתוחה , petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ ()).
Bereshit or Bereishith (Biblical Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית Bərēʾšīṯ) is the first word both of the Jewish Torah, and of the Christian New Testament of John, which alludes to the Torah. It is typically translated as "In beginning...", and may refer to: