Bereshit, Bereishit, Bereshis, Bereishis, or B'reshith (בְּרֵאשִׁית—Hebrew for "in beginning" or "in the beginning," the first word in the parashah) is...
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..", and may refer to: In the beginning (phrase) Book of Genesis Bereshit (parashah), the first weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah...
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parashah break indicated {SONG} = Special format for songs; details of the special layout will be described in separate sections. Parashat Bereshit (Genesis...
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Genesis creation narrative (category Bereshit (parashah))
fruitful and multiply" Characters Adam and Eve Adam Eve Related Primeval history Parashat Bereshit Cosmic ocean The Creation (art) Apollo 8 Genesis reading...
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Nephilim (category Bereshit (parashah))
The Nephilim (/ˈnɛfɪˌlɪm/; Hebrew: נְפִילִים Nəfīlīm) are mysterious beings or people in the Bible traditionally imagined as being of great size and strength...
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Serpents in the Bible (category Bereshit (parashah))
Serpents (Hebrew: נָחָשׁ, romanized: nāḥāš) are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important...
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Image of God (category Bereshit (parashah))
The "image of God" (Hebrew: צֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים, romanized: ṣelem ʾĔlōhīm; Greek: εἰκών τοῦ Θεοῦ, romanized: eikón toú Theoú; Latin: imago Dei) is a concept...
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Cain and Abel (category Bereshit (parashah))
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd...
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Cain (category Bereshit (parashah))
Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the...
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Shabbat (category Bereshit (parashah))
Shabbat (UK: /ʃəˈbæt/, US: /ʃəˈbɑːt/, or /ʃəˈbʌt/; Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, romanized: Šabbāṯ, [ʃa'bat], lit. 'rest' or 'cessation') or the Sabbath (/ˈsæbəθ/)...
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Adam and Eve (category Bereshit (parashah))
Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is...
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Ham (son of Noah) (category Bereshit (parashah))
Ham (in Hebrew: חָם), according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan...
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hand, Tuesday is considered a particularly lucky day, because in Bereshit (parashah), known in the Christian tradition as the first chapters of Genesis...
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Mahalalel (category Bereshit (parashah))
Mahalalel (Hebrew: מַהֲלַלְאֵל, romanized: Mahălalʾēl, Greek: Μαλελεήλ, Maleleḗl) is an Antediluvian patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned...
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Shem (category Bereshit (parashah))
Shem (/ʃɛm/; Hebrew: שֵׁם Šēm; Arabic: سَام, romanized: Sām) was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4). The children...
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Tehom (category Bereshit (parashah))
Tehom (Hebrew: תְּהוֹם təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep” or “abyss” (literally “the deeps”). It is used to describe...
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Noah (category Bereshit (parashah))
Noah (/ˈnoʊ.ə/) appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book...
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Japheth (category Bereshit (parashah))
Japheth /ˈdʒeɪfɛθ/ (Hebrew: יֶפֶת Yép̄eṯ, in pausa יָפֶת Yā́p̄eṯ; Greek: Ἰάφεθ Iápheth; Latin: Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus; Arabic: يافث Yāfith)...
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Eve (category Bereshit (parashah))
Eve (/ˈiːv/; Hebrew: חַוָּה, Modern: Chava, Tiberian: Ḥawwā; Arabic: حَوَّاء, romanized: Ḥawwāʾ; Persian: حوا, romanized: Ḥavā; Greek: Εὕα, romanized: Heúa;...
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Lamech (father of Noah) (category Bereshit (parashah))
Lamech (/ˈleɪmɪk/; Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ Lemeḵ, in pausa לָמֶךְ Lāmeḵ; Greek: Λάμεχ Lámekh) was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis...
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Pishon (category Bereshit (parashah))
The Pishon (Hebrew: פִּישׁוֹן Pīšōn; Koine Greek: Φισών Phisṓn) is one of four rivers (along with Hiddekel (Tigris), Perath (Euphrates) and Gihon) mentioned...
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Seth (category Bereshit (parashah))
Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. According to the Hebrew Bible, he had two brothers: Cain and Abel. According to Genesis...
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Enoch (category Bereshit (parashah))
Enoch (/ˈiːnək/ ) is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period...
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Enoch (son of Cain) (category Bereshit (parashah))
Enoch (/ˈiːnək/; Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ; Ḥănōḵ) is a person in the Book of Genesis. He is described as a son of Cain, and father of Irad. After Cain arrived in...
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Let there be light (category Bereshit (parashah))
"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר (yehi 'or) found in Genesis 1:3 of the Torah, the first part of the Hebrew Bible...
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Seed of the woman (category Bereshit (parashah))
Seed of the woman or offspring of the woman (Biblical Hebrew: זַרְעָ֑הּ, romanized: zar‘āh, lit. 'her seed') is a phrase from the Book of Genesis: as a...
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Generations of Adam (category Bereshit (parashah))
"Generations of Adam"[citation needed] is a genealogical concept recorded in Genesis 5:1 in the Hebrew Bible.[non-primary source needed] It is typically...
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Gihon (category Bereshit (parashah))
Gihon is the name of the second river mentioned in the second chapter of the biblical Book of Genesis. The Gihon is mentioned as one of four rivers (along...
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Kenan (category Bereshit (parashah))
Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan or Cainan) (Hebrew: קֵינָן, Modern: Qēnan, Tiberian: Qēnān; Arabic: كِنَاْنْ, romanized: Kinān; Biblical Greek: Καϊνάμ...
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Genesis 1:3 (category Bereshit (parashah))
light,' and there was light. 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...
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