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I am looking for an instruction resource on Hebrew numerals that is comprehensive, insofar as it:

  • lists all (or nearly all) of the euphemistic exceptions in frequent use (such as "chai" for 18, רחץ instead of רצח, etc.)

  • describes the protocol for reordering digits to avoid writing Hashem's name

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  • discusses what is done in speech, for example when certain numerals are read as words (i.e. "Lag"), and how one pronounces reordered numbers.

Can anyone refer me to such a resource? (...Or provide the information here?)

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    It should be noted that all these details are not Halakhic, but just somewhat common practice.
    – Double AA ♦
    May 26, 2016 at 19:46
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    What constitutes "complete"? Every exception that is used by X% of people for some X?
    – Daniel
    May 26, 2016 at 20:20
  • discusses what is done in speech, for example when certain numerals are read as words (i.e. "Lag"), and how one pronounces reordered numbers. This seems like a matter of popular convention or usage that is not on topic here. || Do you have some reason to think that there is a single resource that addresses any or all of these seemingly unrelated matters of personal preference and practice?
    – mevaqesh
    Aug 30, 2016 at 23:17
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    Re "avoid writing Hashem's name" see here.
    – WAF
    Sep 1, 2016 at 4:11

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1) The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet by Michael L. Munk zt"l, page 221

2) Jewish Wisdom In The Numbers by Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman Osher Chaim Levene

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