רֵאשִׁית, beginning; firstling, first gift.—בר׳, v. בְּרֵאשִׁית.—Ḥull. XI, 1, a. e., v. גֵּז. Ib. 136ᵇ ר׳ ששיריה ניכרין a first gift the remainder of which is distinguishable (not the entire mass); ib. כל גזיי ר׳ all my shorn wool be dedicated as priest’s gift; a. e.
רֵאשִׁית, magistracy, office. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ bot. והעכירו מרֵאשִׁיתוֹ he removed him (the chief magistrate of Gadara) from his office; (Bab. ib. 22ᵃ מגדולתו).