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Tiberias , xiv., xviii. On the origin of the letter, see I. Taylor,
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bat (2)'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/beat-2.html. 1901.
(Genesis 21:12 ) is interpreted as an allusion to the two worlds Isaac is destined to inherit—this world and the world to come (Yer. Ned. 3:38a), or in the existence of which Isaac and his descendants believe (Gen. R. 53: to Bar Ḳappara, the Torah begins with the letter bet in allusion to the present and the future worlds (Gen. R. 1:14 ) according to R. Levi, in order to suggest by its shape (ב) that men should not pry into the secrets of what is above or beneath or behind, but simply inquire into the work of creation that lies open before them (ib. 1:13). See also