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Parasha #1: Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית)

Reading passages

Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:8    (Hebrew: פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית)
Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:10

Summary

Parasha Bereshit (“in the beginning”) is the inaugural portion of the Torah and serves as an introduction to the Biblical narrative. It recounts the majestic creation of the world in six days and culminates on the seventh day with God blessing and sanctifying the Sabbath. The portion further sets the stage for the subsequent narratives of the Torah by describing Adam and Eve’s placement in the Garden of Eden and their subsequent expulsion due to disobedience. It also introduces the genealogy of the early generations, highlighting key figures like Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel.

Parasha Data Sheets

• Overview unique words in this parasha
• Differences between MT and SP for this parasha
• Differences between MT and SP for this parasha (Lenenshtein distance)
• Spelling differences in names between MT and SP for this parasha
• Lexical paralels between this parasha and the Tenach

Related SHEBANQ queries

Verse	Query	Short description
Gen. 1:1	Who is subject of בָּרָ֣א	How is the word בָּרָ֣א being used? Who is creating something?
Gen. 1:4	Making separation - בדל hiphil	This verse describes the first act of seperating. Where else. What is separated?
Gen. 1:5	day one or first day	Does Gen. 1:5 refer to ‘first day’ (ordinal) or to ‘one day’ (cardinal)?
Gen. 1:5,8&10	God calling (קרא) + prep ל	Search for paterns like the ones first found in Genesis 1:5,8 and 10 when giving names
Gen. 1:12	and it brought forth	find first occurrence of וַיֵּצֵ֥א (wayiqtol) - and it brought forth. The first what was brougth forth were the green plants on the earth
Gen 1:16	dominion of large and small light	Occurences of מֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת (dominion)
Gen. 1:22&28	be fertile and be many	Command by God to animals (v22) and mankind=Adam/Eve (v28)
Gen. 2:4	family stories - Toldot	Toldot is found first time in Gen. 2:4; telling the family story of heaven and earth.

Related Text-Fabric Notebooks

GitHub	NBviewer	Short description
hapax	hapax	Find unique words (hapax legomena) in this parasha.
Lexical parallels	Lexical parallels	Find lexical parallels between verses.
Delta SP and MT	Delta SP and MT	Identify differences between the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) and Masoretic Text (MT).

Hebcal

Additional details about Jewish calendar and holiday information, offering users a resource for tracking Hebrew dates, candle lighting times, and other relevant information in the Jewish calendar. Hebcal entry for parasha Bereshit.

AI generated image

The following image was created by Stable Diffusion as illustration for this parasha. The following prompt was used “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (cinematic-default).