Rav also devoted much attention to mystical and transcendental speculations which the rabbis connect with the Biblical account of creation ( Genesis 1, Ma ' aseh Bereshit ), the vision of the mysterious chariot of God ( Ezekiel 1, Ma ' aseh Merkabah ), and the Divine Name.

His translation, made independently of existing Polish translations, includes – Bereshit ( Genesis, 2001 ), Shemot ( Exodus, 2003 ), Vajikra ( Leviticus, 2005 ) and Bemidbar ( Numbers, 2005 ) and Devarim ( Deuteronomium, 2006 ).

In Hebrew the five books are named by the first phrase in the text: Bereshit (" In beginning ," Genesis ), Shemot (" Names ," Exodus ), Vayikra (" He called ", Leviticus ), Bamidbar (" In the desert ," Numbers ) and Devarim (" Words ," Deuteronomy ).

For example, the Hebrew name of the first book, Bereshit, is the first word of Genesis 1: 1:

Bereshit ( Genesis ) begins with the so-called " primeval history " ( Genesis 1 – 11 ), the story of the world's beginnings and the descent of Abraham.

He is called the Chatan Bereshit ( bridegroom of Genesis ).

" as if the word " rabbah " belonged originally to the name of the amora, and that the name of the work, " Genesis Rabba ," is an abbreviation of " Bereshit derabbi Hoshayah rabbah ," is untenable for the reason that in the best manuscripts — and in a very old quotation — the name " Rabbi Hoshayah " stands without the addition " rabbah " in the first preface at the beginning of the midrash.

For instance, the first book ( Genesis ) is called Bereshit (" In the beginning ...") and Lamentations, which begins " How lonely sits the city ..." is called Eykhah (" How ").

Thus, ḥomesh B ' reshit strictly means " the Genesis fifth ", but was misread as ḥumash, B ' reshit and interpreted as meaning " The Pentateuch: Genesis ", as if " ḥumash " was the name of the book and " Bereshit " the name of one of its parts.

It is a part of the Torah portion Bereshit ( Genesis 1: 1-6: 8 ).

" It is part of the Genesis creation narrative within the Torah portion Bereshit.

There is an interpretation in Bereshit Rabbah ( 43: 2 ), cited by Rashi, that Eliezer went alone with Abraham to rescue Lot, with the reference to " his initiates " stated to be 318 in number ( Lech-Lecha 14: 14 ) being the numerical value of Eliezer's name in Hebrew, interpreted in tractate Nedarim ( 32a ) as Abraham not wishing to rely on a miracle by taking only one individual.

" It must be studied only by exemplary scholars: " Ma ' aseh Bereshit must not be explained before two, nor Ma ' aseh Merkabah before one, unless he be wise and understands it by himself ," Further commentary notes that the chapter-headings of Ma ' aseh Merkabah may be taught, as was done by R. Ḥiyya.

The Midrash Bereshit Rabbah Major or Bereshit Rabbah Rabbati, known through quotations by Raymund Martin in his Pugio Fidei, has many haggadot and haggadic ideas which recall very strongly Moses ha-Darshan's teachings ; it is claimed by Zunz that the midrash was actually the work of Moses.

In other parts of the service, and in particular on special occasions such as the festivals, Shabbat Bereshit and the anniversary of the founding of the synagogue, the traditional tunes are often replaced by metrical and harmonized compositions in the Western European style.

* Byzantine Empire, 10th century: the Jew would wear a girdle of thorns around his loins, stand in water, and swear by " Barase Baraa " ( Bereshit Bara ), so that if he spoke untruth, he would be swallowed by the earth just like Dathan and Abiram in Numbers 16: 1 – 27.

The subject of homosexuality in Judaism dates back to the Torah, in the books of Bereshit and Vayiqra.

Midrash ( Bereshit Rabbah 9: 7 ) states: " Without the evil inclination, no one would father a child, build a house, or make a career.

* Yemei Bereshit – Diary of the first year of his leadership, 1950 – 1951.

Maimonides ' 12th Century work, Guide for the Perplexed is in part intended as an explanation of the passages Ma ' aseh Bereshit and Ma ' aseh Merkabah.

* Jacobs, Joseph and A. Biram Ma ' aseh Bereshit, Ma ' aseh Merkabah at JewishEncyclopedia. com

This was the genesis of the midrashim which are in the nature of running haggadic commentaries to single books of the Bible, as Bereshit Rabbah, Eikah Rabbati, the midrashim to the other Megillot, etc.

A. Epstein credits Moses with another pupil, a certain R. Shemaiah, who is quoted sometimes in Bereshit Rabbah Rabbati and in Numbers Rabbah as explaining sayings of Moses ha-Darshan's.

See Anafim on Rabbenu Bachya's Sefer Ikkarim 2: 18 ; Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 9.

One famous medieval commentary proclaims that the days of creation, as outlined in the book of Bereshit, could be seen as representative of the stages of creation and not literal 24 hour periods.

Other branches of the economy include a dairy, in cooperation with Kibbutz Tuval ; a beef herd ; fruit trees ( kiwi, apple, avocado and grapefruit ); Bereshit, a fruit marketing company in cooperation with three other kibbutzim ; and Sasa Tech, a manufacturer of technical and home care products.

Another name for their region is Pekosim used in Bereshit Rabbah 37.

Midrash she ´ elot u-teshuvot ` al Bereshit u-Shemot le-Filon ha-Aleksandroni.

Marriage to a half-sister, for example, is considered incest by most nations today, but was common behaviour for Egyptian pharaohs ; similarly, the Book of Genesis portrays Sarah as marrying Abraham, her half-brother, without criticising the close genetic relationship between them, and the Book of Samuel treats the marriage of a royal prince to his sister as unusual, rather than wicked.

Some Biblical scholars interpret Genesis 19: 5 as indicating that homosexual activity led to the destruction of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Zoar escaped destruction when Abraham's nephew Lot escaped to Zoar from Sodom ( Genesis 19: 21-22 ).

They derive from biblical chronology, mostly from the ancient genealogies in the books, Genesis to Second Kings, spanning the creation of the universe as the ancients understood it to the fall of Jerusalem with the destruction of its Temple in year 586 BC.

The account in Genesis makes no mention of any destruction of the tower.

In the Christian Bible and Hebrew Torah, the antediluvian period begins with the Creation according to Genesis and ends with the destruction of all life on the earth except those saved with Noah in the Ark.

He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis chapters 11 – 14 and 19. Notable episodes in his life include his travels with his uncle Abram ( Abraham ), the Patriarch of Israel ; his flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ; and the seduction by his daughters so that they could bear children.

Furthermore, Dalek Caan mentions in " Daleks in Manhattan " ( 2007 ) that Skaro was destroyed in " a great war ", leaving more doubt as to the actual moment of its destruction ( Russell T Davies referred in Doctor Who Confidential to the events of Genesis of the Daleks as the first strike of the Time War, so Caan might be referring to the events of Remembrance in this context ).

The story of their destruction is told in the 19th chapter of Genesis.

Other examples in Hebrew religious literature include the dispersion of the builders of the Tower of Babel ( Genesis 11: 1-9 ), the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 18: 20-21, 19: 23-28 ), and the Ten Plagues visited upon the ancient Egyptians for persecuting the children of Israel ( Exodus, Chapters 7-12 ).

Highfather later appears in Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle as the leader of the New Genesis survivors living as homeless people on Earth following the destruction of their world.

Highfather appears in JLA: The Nail, involved in a war between New Genesis and Apokolips, triggered when Apokolips assumed that a Kryptonian shield around Earth was part of a sneak attack by New Genesis and decided that the only way to prevent their destruction was to attack first.

Apokolips and its bright counterpart, New Genesis, were spawned by the destruction of Urgrund the world of the " Old Gods " ( initially implied to be the gods of classical mythology, though versions of these characters have since been revealed to still exist in the DC Universe ).

New Genesis and its dark counterpart Apokolips were spawned by the destruction of Urgrund, the world of the " Old Gods " ( initially implied to be the gods of classical mythology, though versions of these characters have since been revealed to still exist in the DC Universe ).

In Grant Morrison's miniseries Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, the Black Racer appears as a wheelchair user ( probably not Willie Walker, as he appears Caucasian ), following the destruction of Apokolips and New Genesis.