## Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis Chapter 1

###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:1:1
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**בראשית ברא** בגימטריא בראש השנה נברא (העולם), בראשית נוטריקון בראשונה ראה אלהים שיקבלו ישראל תורה. בראשית ברא אלהים ס"ת אמת מלמד שברא העולם באמת כמו שנאמר ראש דברך אמת וכן יש הרבה פסוקים ס"ת אמת:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**In the beginning, created:** has a numerical equivalent (*gematria*) of 'On Rosh Hashanah was created (the world).' *Bereishit* (In the beginning) is the acronym of ***be**rishona **ra**ah **E**lohim **she**yikablu **yi**srael **T**orah* (first God saw that Israel would accept the Torah). The last letters of *Bereishi**t** bar**a** Elohi**m*** (In the beginning, God created) form the acronym, *emmet* (truth), [which] teaches that God created the world with truth, as it is stated (Psalms 119:160), "The beginning of Your word is truth;" and so [too], there are many verses, which the last letters of of its words form the acronym, *emmet*.


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:2:1
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**ורוח אלהים מרחפת** בגימטריא זו רוחו של משיח:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**And the spirit of God was hovering:** has a numerical equivalent (*gematria*) of 'this is the spirit of messiah.'


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:4:1
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**את האור** בגימטריא בתורה ועולה מנין תרי"ג:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**The light:** has a numerical equivalent (*gematria*) of 'in the Torah' and adds up to six hundred and thirteen (the traditional numerical sum of the Torah's commandments).


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:4:2
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**את האור כי טוב** ס"ת ברית. וירא אלהים את האור כי טוב ויבדל. מכאן שאין מברכין על הנר עד שיאותו לאורו. כמנין ויבדל מבדילין בשנה במוצאי שבתות:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
***Et haohr ki tov* (the light, that it was good):** The last letters [of which] form the acronym, *brit* (covenant). **And God saw the light that it was good and He separated:** From here [we learn], that we do not make a blessing on the candle [at the Havdalah (separation) service] until we derive use from its light; and [that last phrase] adds up to the numerical equivalent of 'and He separated - we separate during the year at the end of the Shabbats.'


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:5:1
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ה' פעמים 'אור' כתוב בפרשה, כנגד חמשה חמשי תורה שנקראו אור:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
5 times the word 'light' is written in this section, representing the 5 books of the Torah which are called LIGHT... [**Five** times '*Or*' is written in the parashah, against **five** Torah Pentacles called *Or* ]


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:7:1
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**מעל לרקיע** ב' במסורה הכא ואידך ויהי קול מעל לרקיע במרכבה דיחזקאל. וכמו שאין דורשין במעשה בראשית ברבים כך אין דורשין כמעשה מרכבה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**From above the firmament:** There are two [places this appears] according to the tradition: here and the other is (Ezekiel 1:25), "and there was a voice from above the firmament," in the chariot [apparition] of Ezekiel. And in the same way that we don't teach about 'the story of creation' in public, so [too] do we not teach about 'the story of the chariot' [in public].


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:12:1
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**מזריע זרע למינהו** ר"ת מזל שאין לך עשב שאין לו מזל למעלה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**Mazria zera lemineihu (that gives off seed according to its species):** forms the acronym, *mazal* ('constellation'); as there is no grass that does not have a 'constellation' above [governing] it.


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:14:1
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**מארת** חסר שלא נברא להאיר אלא השמש. וירח לא נברא אלא כדי שלא יעבדו לחמה אם תהיה יחידה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**Luminaries (*meorot*):** is [written in its] incomplete spelling [meaning that it lacks the letter *vav*], since only the sun was created to give light. And the moon was only created so that [people] would not worship the sun, [which might have been the case] had it been alone.


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:22:1
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**והעוף** ג' במסורה והעוף ירב, והעוף אוכל אותם. זאת תורת הבהמה והעוף, רמז למה שאמרו שעופות טהורות מרובין על הטמאין זהו והעוף ירב פירוש שהן מרובין איזה והעוף אוכל אותם פירוש אותם טהורין וכן זאת תורת וגו' איירי בטהורים:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**And the birds:** There are three [places this appears] according to the tradition: [here, where it states,] "and the birds shall increase;" "and the birds ate them" (Genesis 40:17); "this is the law of the beasts and the birds" (Leviticus 11:46). [This is] a hint to that which they said (Chullin 63b), "pure birds are more numerous than impure birds;" this is [what is alluded to by] "and the birds shall increase," meaning that they will be more, [but] which? "And the birds ate them," meaning those that are pure, and so [too], "this is the law, etc." refers to the pure ones.


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:27:1
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**האדם** אותיות אדמה שנברא מן האדמה. אדם נוטריקון אפר דם מרה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
***Haadam* (man):** [has the same] letters [as] *adamah* (earth), since he was created from the earth. *Adam* is the acronym of ***e**fer, **da**m, **ma**rah* (ash, blood, bile).


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:28:1
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**ורדו בדגת הים** ב' במסורה הכא ואידך ורדו גת פלשתים. אלו זכיתם תרדו אף בדגת הים ואם לאו ירדו גת כלומר תשתעבדו לפלשתים:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**And have dominion (*ouredu*) upon the fish of the sea:** There are two [places this appears] according to the tradition: here and the other is "and go down (*ouredu*) to Gat of the Philistines" (Amos 6:2). If you will have merit, you will have dominion even over the fish of the seas; but, if not, you will go down to Gat; meaning to say, you will be subjugated to the Philistines.


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:29:1
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**פרי עץ** ב' במסורה אשר בו פרי עץ. פרי עץ הדר. רמז למ"ד אילן שאכל ממנו אדה"ר אתרוג היה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**Fruit of the tree (*pri etz*):** There are two [places this appears] according to the tradition: [here, where it states,] that has within it the fruit of the tree;" [and] "fruit of a beautiful tree" (*pri etz hadar*) [in Leviticus 23:40]. This is a hint for the opinion that holds that the tree that Adam ate from here was a citron (*etrog*) [since that is what the verse in Leviticus refers to].


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:29:2
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**זכר** בגימטריא ברכה. נקיבה, כגימטריא בקללה:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
**Male:** has a numerical equivalent (*gematria*) of 'blessing.' Female has a numerical equivalent (*gematria*) of 'in a curse.'


###### Kitzur Ba'al HaTurim on Genesis 1:31:1
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**יום הששי ויכלו השמים** ר"ת שם בן ד' אותיות שחתם בו מעשה בראשית, וכן ישמחו השמים ותגל הארץ ר"ת שם בן ד' אותיות שחתם העולם בשם בן ד' אותיות:

**Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 Source::**
***Yom hashishi vayekhulu hashamayim* (the sixth day. And He finished the skies):** [forms] the acronym of [God's] name [that consists] of four letters, with which he [here] sealed the story of creation. And so [too in Psalms 96:11] "***yi**smechu **ha**shamayim **ve**tagel **ha**arets*" ("Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice") [forms] the acronym of [God's] name [that consists] of four letters, with which he [also] sealed the world, with the name of four letters.