Bereishit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Bereishit (בראשית)in Hebrew means "at the head of." Since the first letter bet (ב) is closed on three sides, and since Hebrew is read right to left, the midrash Bereishit Rabbah 1:10 says that interpretation can only go in the open ( Read more... )