Bereishit

Bereishit 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

"Berashith", a 1902 essay by Aleister Crowley
"Bereishit", a song by Jewish American rock band Blue Fringe

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