Code of the day · 2026-10-21
Wednesday · 10 Cheshvan 5787
Person of the day
Three names from three eras sharing one small number
A tribal prince whose open defiance before the whole assembly became the Torah's example of where licence ends.
Rashi's grandson and head of the Tosafists. He argued with his grandfather where he thought it right — and those arguments themselves became part of the teaching.
A monk who counted peas in the monastery garden for eight years. His laws of heredity were noticed thirty-five years after publication.
What connects them
Each of the three moved at some point — changed country, side or occupation, and that is exactly what defined them.
Five is the hand with five fingers, the number of grip and of change. A day when the plan has to be corrected as you go, and that is fine.
Where are you standing still only because it is familiar here?
How the small number works: the digits are added until one remains. Non-Hebrew names are written in Hebrew letters by ordinary transliteration; variants exist, and the number depends on the spelling. We show the letters so it can be checked. This is a coincidence of counting, not a claim about fate. It is interesting exactly insofar as you can see how it was counted.
How it is obtained
10 + 364 = 374 · total
This week's portion
Lech-Lecha לך־לך
This Hebrew date across 301 years
A Torah word with this number
A name from this week's portion
The name equals the number of the day. This comes out on about four days in a hundred.
Psalms of the day
Under the customary division of the book of Psalms across the thirty days of the month, today's reading is 55-59.
Text: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. The four-letter Name is not printed in our output and is replaced by ה׳.
Reading of the reduced number
Five is the hand with five fingers, the number of grip and of change. A day when the plan has to be corrected as you go, and that is fine.
What follows is an interpretation, not a calculation. The reduced number comes from adding the digits; everything else on this page can be checked, and this cannot.
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Text and morphology: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. Calendar and portion boundaries: hebcal. Memorial dates follow tradition or the sources noted with each entry.