Torah! Torah!

Not only do you get the next five letters that we are learning in Hebrew class, but this week, I thought it would be a good idea to post the "Hebrew word for the week" from Hebrew4christians.com, and with all of this studying, we need to check out the "La'asok b'divrei Torah", or the "Blessing before Torah Study". It goes a little something like this:

Barukh attah Adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher
kiddeshanu bemitzvotav, vetzivanu laÂ’asok bedivreo Torah.

Blessed art thou, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who
sanctifies us with Thy commandments and commanded us
to engross ourselves in the words of the Torah.

And the Hebrew word for the week (based on the weekly Torah Portion) is yalad:

Meaning to bear, beget, or bring forth. Two derivatives of this word occur in the first verse of parashat Toldot: And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son:
Abraham begat Isaac (Gen. 25:19)

Disclaimer: Remember, the meanings of the Hebrew letters are the views of sages past, and are not necessarily the views of God Himself. To my knowledge, there are no references to the meaning of each individual letter of the Hebraic alphabet in the Bible. Though these things may provide a little insight, and are extremely interesting to the diligent 'Borean', they must be taken with a grain of proverbial salt. -Aaron