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40= The age one must be in order to learn kabbalah
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Kayin and Hevel were 40 years old when they brought their Korbanos (Midrash Tanchuma, Bereishis 9)
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I have a theory that might relate to the miss translation of the verse.
Genesis 46:15 : These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.
There is a grammatical inconsistency when the subject is Leah but in the middle the translator use HIS instead of HER. The ...
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דויג "Doeg" = 23; Encyclopedia of Biblical Personalities 'Doeg" pg 131; Sanhedrin 106b
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Mishna, K'resos 2:1:
Four people are wanting purification, and four offer a sacrifice for an intentional sin….
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Tehillim 118:11 סבוני גם סבבוני "they encircle me and they also surround me" = 301.
Artscroll Tehillim to 118:11 (Vilna Gaon, Etz Yosef, Otzar HaTefillos) explain the 2 letter and 3 letter shoresh to mean "encircle from distance" and then "encircled tightly" referring to the Psalmist/Israel's enemies.
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217 = דבורה Deborah the prophetous or "bee(s)"
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138 years were the Angels banned from heaven until Yaakovs dream for saying (to Lot) "we are destroying this place". Midrash Rabbah Vayeira
To Yaakovs answer I find chametz as "extra" or "superfluous" like the angels response and absence of Hashem. Also the destruction came during Pesach.
Also day 3 and day 4 of Bereshis are 69 ...
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