Meanings
proper noun
alternative Breishis · alternative Bereshith · alternative Bereishith
- Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (the first book of the Hebrew Bible).
In Bereshit, God initiates the relationship with the Jewish nation.
1992, Ellen Singer, Bernard M. Zlotowitz, Our Sacred Texts: Discovering the Jewish Classics, page 17 - The first parashah in this book
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.
1972, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1197
Origin
Transliteration of Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.
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Rhymes with Bereshit
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