Significance of numbers of Judaism
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In Judaism, many numbers are significant for one of more reasons.
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[edit] 1
- Hashem[1]
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter א
- Date in the month of Tishrei when Rosh Hashanah occurs
- Yom Kippur is one day worldwide
[edit] 2
- The tablets of the Ten Commandments[2]
- The loaves of challah on the Shabbat table (lekhem mishna)[2]
- Number of days of Rosh Hashanah worldwide
- Number of days of Shavuot (Diaspora)
- Times of day Shema is recited
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ב
[edit] 3
- A symbol of holiness. The Holy of Holies occupied one-third, and the Holy Place two-thirds, of the entire Temple.
- There were three vessels each for the altar of burnt offering, the altar of incense, and the Ark.
- The candlestick had twice three arms (besides the shaft, which also held a lamp), and each arm had three knobs.
- The priestly blessing consists of three sections (Num. vi. 24, 25)
- In kedusha, word "holy" is recited three times.
- The patriarchs of the Jewish people[3]
- The number of prayers recited daily[3]
- The number of Shabbat meals[3]
- The number of shofar sounds[3]
- The Shalosh Ragalim (Jewish festivals): Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot[4]
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ג
- Number of aliyot for a Torah reading on a weekday or at mincha
- Date in Tishrei of the Fast of Gedalia
[edit] 4
- The matriarchs of the Jewish people
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ד
- During the Pesach seder: cups of wine, questions, sons
- The Four Species taken on Sukkot
- Date in Iyar of Yom Ha'atzmaut
- Date in Tishrei of the Fast of Gedalia when postponed from Shabbat
- Date in December when the prayer for rain is first inserted into the Amidah. This is the only event in Judaism that uses the solar calendar.
[edit] 5
- The books of the Pentateuch
- The books of the Megillah
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ה
- The number of knots in the tzitzit
- Number of aliyot on Yom Tov that does not coincide with Shabbat
- Date in Iyar of Yom Hazikaron
- Number emphasized during Mimouna
[edit] 6
- Number of days it took G-d to create the world
- The books of the Mishnah
- Total number of public fast days in a year
- Date in the month of Sivan when Shavuot occurs
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ו
- Number of aliyot on Yom Kippur
[edit] 7
- The number 7 is the Divine number of completion
- The general symbol for all association with God; the favorite religious number of Judaism, typifying the covenant of holiness and sanctification, and also all that was holy and sanctifying in purpose
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ז
- The Seven Laws of Noah
- The menorah in the Temple had seven lamps
- Acts of atonement and purification were accompanied by a sevenfold sprinkling
- Every seventh year of the Hebrew calendar is a Sabbatical year[5]
- A full week of shiva is seven days; the term "shiva" refers to the seven-day period
- Number of blessings in the Sheva Brachot[5]
- A woman in niddah following menstruation must count seven "clean days" prior to immersion in the mikvah
- Number of days of Sukkot[5]
- Number of days of Pesach (Israel)[5]
- Blessings in the Amidah of Shabbat, Yom Tov, and Musaf (except Rosh Hashanah)
- Number of aliyot on Shabbat[5]
[edit] 8
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ח
- The day on which a Jewish boy is circumcised
- Total number of days of Yom Tov in a year in Israel
- Number of days of Chanukah
- Number of days of Pesach (Diaspora)
- The number of strings in each corner of the tzitzit
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- The number of months before a baby is born
- Number of branches of the Chanukah menorah
- Blessings in the Amidah of Musaf on Rosh Hashanah
- Date in the month of Av when Tisha B'Av occurs. The days from Rosh Chodesh Av until Tisha B'Av are considered a period of morning known as The Nine Days
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ט
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- The Ten Commandments[6]
- The Ten Days of Repentance in Tishrei
- Date in the month of Tishrei when Yom Kippur occurs
- Date in the month of Tevet when the fast of the Tenth of Tevet occurs
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter י
- Number of Jews required for a minyan[6]
- Ten Martyrs
[edit] 11
- Stars in Joseph's dream
- Date in which the Fast of Esther is observed when Purim falls on Sunday
[edit] 12
- There were twelve loaves of show-bread on the shulchan (table) in the Beit Hamikdash
- Sons of Jacob[6]
- Tribes of Israel[6]
- Stones of the Hoshen
- Age at which Bat Mitzvah is attained (Orthodox tradition)
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- Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
- Jewish principles of faith according to Maimonides
- Age at which Bar Mitzvah is attained
- Number of days of Yom Tov in a year (Diaspora)
- Months in a leap year on the Hebrew calendar
- Date in Adar (or Adar II in leap years) of the Fast of Esther
[edit] 14
- The number of steps in the Passover seder
- Date in the month of Iyar when Pesach Sheni occurs
- Date in the month of Adar (Adar II in leap years) when Purim occurs
[edit] 15
- One of two numbers that is written differently from the conventions of writing numbers in Hebrew in order to avoid writing the name of G-d.[7] The other is 16.
- Date of the Hebrew month on which the full moon occurs. Several holidays occur on this date: Pesach, Tu B'Av, Sukkot, Tu B'Shevat, and Shushan Purim.
[edit] 16
- One of two numbers that is written differently from the conventions of writing numbers in Hebrew in order to avoid writing the name of G-d. The other is 15.
[edit] 17
- Date in the month of Tammuz when the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz occurs
[edit] 18
- Gematria of "CHAI" חַי, the Hebrew word for life. Numbers evenly divisible by this number are considered good luck.
- The maximum number of minutes matzah is allowed to bake in order to be considered kosher for Pesach
- Date in the month of Iyar when Lag Ba'omer occurs
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- The number of years in a cycle in which the date on the lunar calendar matches the date on the solar calendar
- Blessings in the weekday Amidah
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[edit] 22
- The letters in the Hebrew alphabet
- Years in which Jacob and Joseph were sepaated
[edit] 23
- Number of judges need to carry out a trial for capital punishment in Judaism
[edit] 24
- Total number of books in the Tanakh
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[edit] 26
- Gematria of G-d's Name
[edit] 27
- Date in Nisan of Yom HaShoah
[edit] 28
- Frequency in years of Birkat Hachama
- Date in Iyar of Yom Yerushalayim
[edit] 29
- The number of days in some months of the Hebrew calendar
[edit] 30
- The number of days in some months of the Hebrew calendar
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ל
[edit] 33
- Celebrated day during the Counting of the Omer known as "Lag BaOmer"
[edit] 40
[edit] 42
- Letters in one of G-d's Divine Names
[edit] 49
- Number of nights of counting of the Omer
[edit] 50
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter נ
- Frequency of the Yovel year
[edit] 54
- Total number of parashahs
[edit] 60
[edit] 63
- Total tractates in the six books of the Mishnah
[edit] 70
- Members of the Sanhedrin
- Life of King David
- Years between the destruction of the first and construction of the Second Temple
- Year (AD) of the Destruction of the Second Temple
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ע
- Number of scribes who translated the Septuagint
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[edit] 90
[edit] 100
- Total number of times the shofar is sounded on each day of Rosh Hashanah
- The gematria of the Hebrew letter ק
[edit] 120
- Life of Moses
[edit] 147
- Life of Jacob
[edit] 150
- Number of psalms
[edit] 175
- Life of Abraham
[edit] 180
- Life of Isaac
[edit] 200
[edit] 245
- Words in the Shema prayer
[edit] 248
- Total number of positive mitzvot
[edit] 300
[edit] 365
- Length of the solar calendar (which has significance in Judaism]]
- Total number of negative commandments
[edit] 374
- Total number of years the First Temple stood
[edit] 400
[edit] 586
- Total number of years the Second Temple stood
[edit] 600
[edit] 601
[edit] 613
- Total number of mitzvot
[edit] 702
[edit] 930
- Life of Adam
[edit] 950
- Life of Noah
[edit] 969
- Life of Methuselah, the longest lived person according to the Book of Genesis
[edit] 304,805
- Total number of letters in the Torah
[edit] References
- ↑ Yaffa Ganz, Who Knows One?: A Book of Jewish Numbers, Nanuet, N.Y.: Feldheim Publishers, 1981. ISBN 0-87306-285-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yaffa Ganz, Who Knows One?: A Book of Jewish Numbers, Nanuet, N.Y.: Feldheim Publishers, 1981. ISBN 0-87306-285-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Yaffa Ganz, Who Knows One?: A Book of Jewish Numbers, Nanuet, N.Y.: Feldheim Publishers, 1981. ISBN 0-87306-285-X.
- ↑ Yaffa Ganz, Who Knows One?: A Book of Jewish Numbers, Nanuet, N.Y.: Feldheim Publishers, 1981. ISBN 0-87306-285-X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Gabriella Samuel, The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2007. p. 242. ISBN 1-58542-560-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gabriella Samuel, The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2007. p. 243. ISBN 1-58542-560-5.
- ↑ Wayne Dosick, Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice, New York: HarperCollins, 1995. p. 155. ISBN 0-06-062179-6.
