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Bereishit is a Hebrew word, which is the first word of the Torah (the first five books of the Tanach, or Hebrew Bible). It may be translated as the phrase "In the beginning of". â€œHebrewâ€ redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Tawrat be merged into this article or section. ... 11th century Targum Tanakh [תנ״ך] (also spelt Tanach or Tenach) is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, based upon the initial Hebrew letters of each part: Torah [תורה] (The Law; also: Teaching or Instruction), Chumash [חומש] (The...

When used as a noun, Bereishit might refer to:

The Hebrew title of the biblical book of Genesis.
Bereishit (parsha), the first weekly parsha in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah readings.

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Category: Disambiguation Genesis (â€Ž, Greek: Î“ÎÎ½ÎµÏƒÎ¹Ï‚, meaning birth, creation, cause, beginning, source or origin) is the first book of the Torah, the Tanakh, and the Old Testament of the Bible. ... Bereishit, Bereshit, Bereishis, Breshith, Beresheet, or Bereshees (×‘×¨××©×™×ª, Hebrew for in beginning,â€ the first word in the parsha) is the first weekly parsha or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. ... Torah reading (in Hebrew: Kriat HaTorah or Reading [of] the Torah) has followed a steady pattern for the past two thousand years following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and is still practiced by Orthodox Judaism and its adherents. ... The Jewish ritual of Torah reading (in Hebrew: ×§×¨×™××ª ×”×ª×•×¨×”, Kriat HaTorah; Reading [of] the Torah) involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Parshat Toldot 5764 - OU Torah Insights Project (1277 words)
	Here, then, are the facts: Avraham left Charan for the land of Canaan at the age of 75 (Bereishit 12:4) and he was 100 years of age at the time of Yitzchaks birth (21:5).
	Bereishit Rabbah 56:11 has two versions regarding the age of Yitzchak at the time of the Akeidah.
	Based on Bereishit 16:3, and as explained in Yevamot 64a, a man who has not had a child with his wife for 10 years as in the case of Avraham may take a second wife.

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