up vote 2 down vote favorite
share [g+] share [fb]

Who knows two hundred forty-four?

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

  • Upvote all interesting answers.

  • Accept the best answer.

  • Go on to the next number.

Shavu'a Tov, and happy La"G Ba'omer!

link|improve this question
89% accept rate
feedback

4 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

244 is the difference between the Christian and Jewish timelines (Seder Ha'olam vs the King James Timeline)

link|improve this answer
They differ from one another by 244 years? – WAF♦ May 23 '11 at 0:00
Yep. Seder Olam says the world was created in 3760 BCE, and the King James says 4004 BCE – avi May 23 '11 at 5:04
feedback
up vote 2 down vote

.............................גמרא = 244

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 2 down vote

Yitzchak spoke 244 words that are recorded in the Tora:

(I'm counting phrases hyphenated in the cantillation as comprising separate words and not one each.)

link|improve this answer
+1 I hope someone checks this. – Double AA Mar 28 at 6:27
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

Reportedly, the Nazis killed 244 Jews in Henichesk, the Ukraine, in the fall of 1941.

link|improve this answer
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.