Who knows one hundred forty-seven?
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Yaakov Avinu lived for 147 years |
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There are 147 unique body parts in the human body. The mishna in Ahalos 1:8 lists that 101 have symmetrical counterparts and 46 are central. Some are bones. Others are not, but all are referred to by the single term "evarim". |
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There are 147 chapters in the Book of Tehillim. (According to a book of Aggadata quoted in the Yerushalmi (Shabbos 16:1), and from there in Tosafos to Pesachim 117a, and in Baal Haturim to Gen. 47:28.) A great deal of ink has been spilled on how to reconcile this with the 150 chapters that we have. From various references in the Gemara, as well as present-day Yemenite practice, it seems that some single chapters that we have were originally split in two, and conversely, some that we have as two chapters were originally one. |
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