Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית)

Gematria

Tradition · Rabbinic
Kind
Word
Script
Hebrew
Value
913
Derivation
ב 2 + ר 200 + א 1 + ש 300 + י 10 + ת 400 = 913.
Meaning

Bereshit is the first word of the Torah, and 913 is the kind of number the tradition treats as a signature rather than an argument: it is quoted because it is the value of the beginning, not because anything follows from it. The Rabbis' famous reading of the word — 'with reishit', that is with Torah or with Israel — is a midrash on the word itself and not on its number.

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