The First Aliyah

The esoteric Torah, the Kabbalah, teaches that the Creator made the world by means of the creative power of the letters of the Hebrew language, the alef-bet. The story goes that each letter came before the Lord of the Universe to plead its case for being the first letter of the Torah. The Alef | א, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet naturally based its claim on it being the first letter of the letters; however, the second letter, the ב | Bet, which is the first letter of the word of ברכה | blessing, was selected to begin the Torah’s first word: B’raesheat | בראשית | In-the-beginning-of. How amazing it is to discover that, after all, the ‘א’ was not overlooked; it turns out to be the midpoint, the very center of the first aliyah and more! In this center, it is the first letter of the word ‘Elohim’, a name of God. To generate the complete aliyah, use the Torah Horoscope Finder and input ‘October 11, 2025’ and check ‘After sunset’.