Parashat Shoftim: A Moment of Hebrew
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
רֵאשִׁ֨ית דְּגָֽנְךָ֜ תִּירֹֽשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ וְרֵאשִׁ֛ית גֵּ֥ז צֹאנְךָ֖ תִּתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃
You shall also give him (the kohen) the first fruits of your new grain and wine and oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
רֹאשׁ rosh (שֹׁרֶשׁ ר.א.ש)
- Head
רִאשׁוֹן (rishon) =
- First
- Sunday
רֹאשָׁן (roshan) = Tadpole, polliwog
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה = Rosh Hashanah, the new year
רֹאשׁ/רֹאשַׁת מֶמְשָׁלָה (rosh/roshat memshalah) = Prime Minister
רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת (rashei teivot) = Acronym
אֶבֶן רֹאשָׁה (even roshah) = Keystone, the stone that is placed in the middle of an arch
Find the Word!
In Bereishit 28, someone dreams of an object whose “head” reaches the sky. Who is the dreamer and what is the object?
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