questions about numbers
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4answers
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Arba'a Veshishim - mi yodeya?
Who knows sixty-four?
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3
votes
6answers
63 views
Echad Vetish'im - mi yodeya?
Who knows ninety-one?
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2
votes
7answers
107 views
Echad Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?
Who knows forty-one?
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1
vote
4answers
46 views
Shiv'a Ve'esrim Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred twenty-seven?
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13
votes
2answers
168 views
Lechem Mishneh by the Third Shabbos Meal
Is one required to have Lechem Mishneh by the Third Shabbos Meal?
2
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7answers
94 views
Chamishim - mi yodeya?
Who knows fifty?
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2
votes
12answers
124 views
Arba'im - mi yodeya?
Who knows forty?
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2
votes
5answers
72 views
Shishim - mi yodeya?
Who knows sixty?
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7
votes
29answers
364 views
Shiv'im - mi yodeya?
Who knows seventy?
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8
votes
1answer
145 views
Halachic significance of the plurality of Jews living in Israel
I once heard that if Israel has the largest Jewish population, it has a significant effect on certain Halachot.
What are the criteria for this, and what halachot are affected? (Shmita is the one most ...
5
votes
2answers
108 views
Commentaries not noting clear issues in the Torah
Stemming from this question about the seeming discrepancy between the number of people and the number of first-borns as counted in the beginning of Numbers:
I noticed this problem in my first reading ...
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2answers
129 views
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2answers
186 views
The 500 men killed in Shushan, and the 500 Jews who killed Amaleki
Is there a source to connect (mystically, or otherwise) those enemies of the Jews (presumably Amaleki) killed in Megillas Esther 9:12 with the 500 men from the tribe of Shimon who killed out the ...
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votes
2answers
320 views
How to write “Isaiah 41,10” in Hebrew? [closed]
I've already seen that someone wanted to know how to write Isaiah in Hebrew, but my question is mainly about the numbers, because I found just a few numbers, which can be written in Hebrew. I've ...
0
votes
5answers
46 views
Shemona Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?
Who knows forty-eight?
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6
votes
6answers
145 views
Number of Candles at Lighting
How many candles should one light on Erev Shabbos and Yom Tov? And why that number?
2
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11answers
233 views
Shnayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two?
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1
vote
10answers
80 views
Shemona - mi yodeya?
Who knows eight?
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4
votes
4answers
212 views
Echad - mi yodeya?
Who knows one?
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18
votes
2answers
201 views
Why the custom to switch around negative-sounding numbers, such as שד?
Often in sefarim we find that if the number of the siman spells out something negative, such as siman 304 which has a letter value of שד, we switch it around so it no longer reads as a "bad" word. ...
7
votes
1answer
81 views
Counting Sheloshim for a chol hamoed death
How long is the shloshim observed for a death which occurs during chol hamoed Pesach? Does one observe a full thirty days started from the funeral or is it shortened because of the chag?
10
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43answers
549 views
Meya - mi yodeya?
Who knows one hundred?
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6
votes
9answers
119 views
Chamisha - mi yodeya?
Who knows five?
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2
votes
2answers
43 views
Tish'a Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-nine?
?תשעה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 299.
Once ...
3
votes
7answers
99 views
Sheloshim - mi yodeya?
Who knows thirty?
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2
votes
2answers
49 views
Echad Ushloshim Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred thirty-one?
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4
votes
3answers
75 views
Shemona Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-eight?
?שמונה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 298.
I wash ...
8
votes
2answers
144 views
How could the numerals יה and יו be used irreverently?
I was told that in the sequence of numerals with Hebrew letters, the numbers 15 and 16 are rendered with טו and טז instead of יה and יו to prevent the tetragrammaton from being formed irreverently.
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votes
0answers
80 views
Why do we write the number 16 as tet + zayin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How could the numerals יה and יו be used irreverently?
I understand that we write the number 15 as tet vav as opposed to yud hey to avoid writing the shem Hashem, but ...
5
votes
1answer
94 views
Some years have a siman, what does it mean?
I saw on a calendar that each year has a siman, for example 5772 has the siman 517.
Here are the simanim for the next few years:
5773: 203
5774: 1523
5775: 517
5776: 1217
Does anyone know ...
7
votes
4answers
104 views
2
votes
1answer
43 views
Shiv'a Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-seven?
?שבעה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 297.
I'm ...
4
votes
5answers
169 views
Why isn't Half Hallel called “85 percent hallel”?
When we say hallel on days like Rosh chodesh, we don't say parts of two prakim of tehillim. This is often called "chatzi" hallel, or half hallel. In fact, according to ...
4
votes
1answer
145 views
“Motzi Matzah” or “Motzi and Matzah” (separately)? Passover Seder
In some haggadot, I have seen the numbers of sections as being 14, with Motzi Matzah being combined, and in other haggadot, I have seen 15 with them separated. What is the reason behind each side?
6
votes
6answers
371 views
Bedikas Chometz - 10 pieces of bread
In Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 432:2 the Rama says that the Minhag is to place bread in such a place that the searcher can find it. Both the Be'er Hataiv and the Mishna Berura say that according to the ...
6
votes
1answer
209 views
When Israel and the diaspora are out of sync on parshiyot, why don't we take the first opportunity to re-align?
This year (5772) the seventh day of Pesach is on a Friday, so the diaspora has an 8th day of chag on Shabbat but Israel does not. The diaspora will thus read Sh'mini on April 21, Tazria-Metzora on ...
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2answers
50 views
Shisha Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-six?
?ששה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 296.
Don't run ...
5
votes
2answers
100 views
Chamisha Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-five?
?חמישה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 295.
If there ...
3
votes
4answers
61 views
Shelosha Ushloshim - mi yodeya?
Who knows thirty-three?
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1
vote
5answers
79 views
Echad Umeya - mi yodeya?
Who knows one hundred one?
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2
votes
4answers
67 views
Chamisha Veshishim Umeya - mi yodeya?
Who knows one hundred sixty-five?
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3
votes
3answers
83 views
Chamisha Ushloshim Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred thirty-five?
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3
votes
5answers
100 views
Arba'im Umeya - mi yodeya?
Who knows one hundred forty?
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2
votes
9answers
96 views
Shemona Asar - mi yodeya?
Who knows eighteen?
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10
votes
2answers
188 views
Am I allowed to count people?
Where did the practice of not counting people come from? People count not-one, not-two, not-three etc. What is wrong with counting one, two, three etc? This is often found when counting to see if ...
5
votes
3answers
73 views
Seven Brochos at a Wedding
I just read What do I need to make a Jewish Wedding. Is there a requirement for seven different people to say each of the seven Brochos, or can one say all of them?
6
votes
2answers
109 views
Does being Yotzei a Bracha count for 100?
There are many brachos where by listening to the bracha one can be yotzei his obligation for that bracha. If someone does do so, does that bracha count towards the quota of 100 brochos a day?
6
votes
3answers
61 views
Arba'a Vetish'im Umatayim - mi yodeya?
Who knows two hundred ninety-four?
?ארבעה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע
In the spirit of the song "Echad - mi yodeya", please post interesting and significant Jewish facts about the number 294.
This is ...
3
votes
6answers
78 views
Chamishim Umeya - mi yodeya?
Who knows one hundred fifty?
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5
votes
2answers
167 views
How many T'fachim make up an Ama?
Is it possible to convert between Torah measurements?
Specifically, T'fachim & Amot, (cubits) so I can figure out the size of the luchot (tablets) within the Aron Hakodesh (ark). (The Luchot are ...
