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hijabihippie · 11-15-2009, 08:45 AM

This conversation reminds me of gemiyatria.
It's a Jewish practice. In Hebrew, letters are also numbers.
For example the word "chai", life, adds up to 18.
Check out the novel "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok for some other examples.

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hijabihippie YaHookan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,481 Thanks: 1,152 Thanked 655 Times in 515 Posts	This conversation reminds me of gemiyatria. It's a Jewish practice. In Hebrew, letters are also numbers. For example the word "chai", life, adds up to 18. Check out the novel "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok for some other examples.