The numbers of the Jewish holidays
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The numbers of the Jewish holidays
Every Hebrew word is also a number. Here are the key words of the autumn holidays, Hanukkah and Passover, counted letter by letter, with what tradition says about them. Arithmetic and history — not predictions.
ראש השנה
861
200+1+300+5+300+50+5 = 861
Rosh Hashanah, the "head of the year". The two words add up to 861 — the very number our project is named after.
שופר
586
300+6+80+200 = 586
Shofar — the horn blown on Rosh Hashanah.
קול = ממון = צום
136
100+6+30 = 136 · 40+40+6+50 = 136 · 90+6+40 = 136
Voice, money and fast share one number. Yom Kippur prayer books print these words above "repentance, prayer and charity".
תשובה · תפילה · צדקה
713 · 525 · 199
400+300+6+2+5 = 713 · 400+80+10+30+5 = 525 · 90+4+100+5 = 199
Repentance, prayer and charity — three words from the Unetaneh Tokef prayer, each with its own number.
יום כפור
362
10+6+40+20+80+6+200 = 362
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (spelled כיפור it is 10 more).
סוכות
492
60+6+20+6+400 = 492
Sukkot, the Feast of Booths (the short spelling סכת is less).
לולב = חיים
68
30+6+30+2 = 68 · 8+10+10+40 = 68
Lulav and "life" share one number — a parallel often mentioned on the holiday.
אתרוג
610
1+400+200+6+3 = 610
Etrog — the citron held together with the lulav.
חנוכה
89
8+50+6+20+5 = 89
Hanukkah, "dedication". Eight candles, eight days.
פסח
148
80+60+8 = 148
Pesach — "passed over": the festival of the Exodus.
מצה
135
40+90+5 = 135
Matzah — the unleavened bread of Passover.
Standard gematria (mispar hechrachi). Different spellings give different numbers — we show which one was counted. /detector · What is gematria
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