Who knows two hundred eight?
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asked Mar 16, 2011 at 1:17
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Megila 15: Rami bar Abba says that Haman had 208 children as the Posuk says ורוב בניו and V'rov = 208. The Gemara questions that the Gematria of V'rov is 214. R' Nachman bar Yitzchok answers ורב כתיב.
answered Mar 16, 2011 at 1:34
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See also: mi.yodeya.com/questions/6571/arbaa-asar-umatayim-mi-yodeya/…– Isaac Moses ♦Commented Mar 25, 2011 at 16:25
On Shabbos Parshas Beshalach we read the "Song at the Sea" from the Torah, and Devorah's song as the haftarah. These songs were composed 208 years apart.
(The battle against Sisera was 168 years after the Jews entered Eretz Yisrael. Add 40 for the number of years from the Exodus until then.)
Yitzchak = 208
Rivka = 307
208 + 307 = 515 = Tefila
answered Mar 16, 2011 at 3:43