
Bereishit/Genesis
Bereishit/Genesis 1א בראשיתתישארבBereishit 1 1When Hashem began to create heavenand earth—b’-ray-SHEET ba-RA e-lo-HEEM AYT ha-sha-MA-yim v’-AYT ha-A-retz 1:1 When Hashem began The first wordin the Torah is Bereishit ()בראשית, whichbegins with the letter bet ()ב, while the lastword in the Torah is Yisrael ()ישראל, ‘Israel,’which ends with the letter lamed ()ל. Together,these two letters spell the word lev ()לב, whichmeans ‘heart’ in Hebrew. The first … Continue reading Bereishit/Genesis