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Who knows two hundred eighty-seven?

?שבעה ושמונים ומאתים - מי יודע

In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 287.

There are probably references to lazy gematria for this one scattered all over the place.

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According to The American Jewish Year Book 5675, in Uman in May of 1914, 287 people were tried and acquitted on a charge of demonstrating on Beilis's behalf.

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Various sources say that Britain took 287 refugees from the St. Louis (although others say 288).

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The number of chalakim (that don't add up to a full hour) in a non-leap year is 876; in a leap year it is 589. The difference between these two figures is 287.

(From an allegory on the structure of the Jewish calendar)

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    +1. Just to clarify: That's the number of chalakim in (respectively) twelve and thirteen months, molad to molad, not in a calendar year.
    – msh210 ♦
    Jan 5, 2012 at 6:42
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The number 7 appears 287 times in the Tanach.

( I looked it up in the concordance and googled it on Machon Mamre. (on Machon Mamre one of the 7 is listed as 3 score and 10 years, hence the original search gives only 286; searching in Hebrew does not work as it brings up on the variations where שבע appears in a word)

Incidentally 287 is a multiple of 7

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Gimtarya:

Afikoman

HaRambam

Pele Yoetz

Raui WeHagun

(as always these sources are from my Sefer "Gimtarikon).

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