The first word of the Torah makes this point when understood through the prism of PARDES, a Hebrew word that alludes ... the first word of the verse, Bereshit, means simply “in the beginning.” ...

From Parshat Bereishit, which describes the creation of the world in six days, we learn that God did not create a perfect world where humans could simply rest and do nothing. Upon completing the ...

Bereshit brilliantly suggests how ... carved out of the West Bank and including Gaza, for which the Hebrew word, characterizing the city after which the territory is named is Azza, “strong ...

Almost all succeeding versions have followed this formulation. But, as it turns out, the Hebrew word bereshit, traditionally rendered as “in the beginning,” has long been misconstrued.

It is in the development of humanity in the first three chapters of Bereshit that we can see a ... focuses on the connection between Tanakh/Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature.

Troy Fritzhand is a writer, entrepreneur, and Hebrew thinker. He is a recent Oleh who writes and edits at The Jerusalem Post. He also helps to oversee the startup ecosystem in Jerusalem with Made ...

Indeed, every Rosh Chodesh, on the first of the Hebrew month, an offering was brought in the temple in honor of the new moon. This, says the Talmud, was to atone for G-d diminishing the moon.

Around 25 ago, on Shabbat Bereshit, I attended a Friday night talk ... At one point, his Hebrew language speech was interrupted by an English quote: ”And all the king’s horses and all the ...

This parsha of Bereshit is ponderous in its literary structure ... our parsha might be a repetition of the “Symposium,” but using poetic Hebrew instead of the visual description: The first ...