Shiv'a Vetish'im Umeya - mi yodeya?

Question

Who knows one hundred ninety-seven?

Please cite/link your sources, if possible. At some point at least twenty-four hours from now, I will:

Isaac Moses · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-01 19:32:41Z

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There are 197 letters in the Torah's description of the first day of Creation (Gen. 1:1-5).

(Nefesh Yosef - second to last line of the page. Curiously, a few lines earlier he says that the number of letters is 195.)

edited Mar 1 '11 at 19:32

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answered Feb 28 '11 at 18:50

Alex
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	197 by my count. – Isaac Moses Mar 1 '11 at 19:32
	That's what I meant - first he says it's 195 (which seems to be incorrect), then 197. – Alex Mar 1 '11 at 19:34

Gershon Gold · Answer 2 · 2011-03-01 03:26:39Z

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Hoshea has 197 Pesukim.

answered Mar 1 '11 at 3:26

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msh210 · Answer 3 · 2011-02-28 18:22:16Z

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Some give 197 as the number of attendees of the First Zionist Congress, though others differ.

answered Feb 28 '11 at 18:22

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