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$100 is the threshold value a Rabbi of mine suggested for determining whether a new garment deserves a "Shehecheyanu".
(Interestingly, he suggested the same threshold over many years, apparently not taking inflation into consideration. Perhaps the psychological value of that round number retains significance across inflation.)
Im not sure what your looking for
יודעי = 100
100 is the number of people Elisha fed with a small amount of food (M'lachim II 4:43). (I haven't checked the commentaries, so it could be that this is an example of the hyperbole mentioned above, but I doubt it. Note that Rabbi Aron Tendler seems to say it really means 100.)
100 is the gimatriya of לכן and of מדה במדה. Source: Baal Haturim, start of Pin'chas.
The area, on top of the exterior altar, where the kohanim would walk was 26²−24²=100 square amos (cubits). Source: mishnayos Midos chapter 3.
100 is a number used as an example of a very large number in rabbinic Hebrew, as in Rashi to D'varim 15:10 and as in "דוחה מאה תוכחות".