Schnorr von Karolsfeld in Die BibelinBildern Trial of Susanna, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld in Die BibelinBildern Budge, Wallis (1910)
(בְּרֵאשִׁית—Hebrew for "in beginning" or "in the beginning," the first word in the parashah) is the first weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual
Cleromancy is a form of sortition (casting of lots) in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling
Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 44:18–47:27. In this parashah, Judah pleads on behalf