Who knows one hundred seventeen?
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There were 117 judges sitting on the Temple Mount. Source: Rambam, Sanhedrin chapter 1: 71 in the main body, plus two smaller bodies of 23 each. |
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The shortest perek in Tanach is Ps. 117. |
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Shir HaShirim has 117 Pesukim |
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Gematria from the Parsha - HoOdom HoOdom Hazeh = 117 |
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117 ADE is the year the Kitos War ended. (This answer is not a good one, as it's using an halachically arbitrary starting point for the count of years, but I figured I'd throw it in anyway.) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitos_War. |
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