Bereshit
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or Bereshith is a Hebrew word, the first word of the Torah. It literally means "at/in [the] head" and may be translated as "In the beginning..."
Bereishit may also refer to:
Judaism
- The Hebrew title of the biblical Book of Genesis
- Bereshit (parsha), the first weekly parsha in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah readings
- Bereishit Rabbah is the midrash about the Book of Genesis
- Maaseh Bereishit ("Work of Creation") early Rabbinic mystical speculation, e.g. in Sefer Yetzirah, alongside Maaseh Merkabah (Work of the Chariot), both referred to in the Talmud
Other uses
- Bereshit (band), an Argentine electro-industrial band
- "Berashith", a 1902 essay by Aleister Crowley
- "Bereishit", a song by Jewish American rock band Blue Fringe