The Beginning of Everything

i'm not very observant of my judaism, but i'm culturally interested in it. rabbis over the centuries have asked the question, if we're talking about the beginning, why does the story begin with the second letter and not the first letter? Even the shape of the letter, they say, is a sort of curve that points you to the future. It's a curve that says, don't look backwards. Look forwards. Think about what you can do starting now. We'll be right back.