Bereshit (parashah)
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Bereshit, Bereishit, Bereshis, Bereishis, or B'reshith is the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. The parashah consists of Genesis 1:1–6:8. In the parashah, God cre
The first chapter of the book of Genesis written on an egg at the Israel Museum
The Garden of Eden (1828 painting by Thomas Cole)
The Fall of Man (16th-century painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder)
Adam and Eve Driven out of Eden (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible)
Weekly Torah portion
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The weekly Torah portion refers to a lectionary custom in Judaism in which a portion of the Torah is read during Jewish prayer services on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. The full name, Parashat HaSha
Bereshit (parashah)
…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. In the parashah, God creates the heavens…
A Torah scroll and silver pointer (yad) used in reading.
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