Bereshit

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(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bə.ɹəˈʃiːt/
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA^(key): /bɚ.əˈʃit/

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Bereshit

Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (the first book of the Hebrew Bible).
- 1992, Ellen Singer, Bernard M. Zlotowitz, Our Sacred Texts: Discovering the Jewish Classics, page 17:
  In Bereshit, God initiates the relationship with the Jewish nation.
The first parashah in this book
- 1972, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1197:
  Most of the sections, after the portion Bereshit expound biblical narratives, notably the deeds of the patriarchs, as allegories of the fate of the soul.