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  2. Tzadikim Nistarim - Wikipedia

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    The number 36 is twice 18. In gematria (a form of numerology used in Judaism), the number 18 stands for "life", because the Hebrew letters that spell chai, meaning "living", add up to 18. Because 36 = 2×18, it represents "two lives". In some Hasidic stories, disciples consider their Rebbes and other religious figures to be among the Lamedvovniks.

  3. Hebrew numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew language has names for common numbers that range from zero to one million. Letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used to represent numbers in a few traditional contexts, such as in calendars. In other situations, numerals from the Hindu–Arabic numeral system are used. Cardinal and ordinal numbers must agree in gender with the noun ...

  4. Number of the beast - Wikipedia

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    The Number of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake. The number of the beast (Koinē Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, Arithmós toû thēríou) is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of ...

  5. 36 (number) - Wikipedia

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    36 as the sum of the first positive cubes. 36 is both the square of six, and the eighth triangular number [1] or the sum of the first eight non-zero positive integers, which makes 36 the first non-trivial square triangular number. [2] Aside from being the smallest square triangular number other than 1, it is also the only triangular number ...

  6. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The modern Hebrew calendar follows a seven-day weekly cycle, which runs concurrently but independently of the monthly and annual cycles. The origin of Hebrew seven day week and the Sabbath, as well as the true meaning of the name, is uncertain. The earliest Biblical passages which mention it (Exodus 20:10 and 24:21; Deut. 5:14; Amos 8:5 ...

  7. Book of Numbers - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. 'numbers'; Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. 'In [the] desert'; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1] The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a ...

  8. List of Hebrew abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    שישה סדרים, ש״ס (Shas, Shisha Sedarim) - the Talmud; lit. the Six Orders [of the Mishna with the accompanying Gemara] שס״ה (shesah) - 1) The 365 negative mitzvot or prohibitions (Makkot 23b, end). 2) The 365 veins and sinews of the human body (Zohar I, 170b). 3) The 365 days of the solar year (Makkot 23b).

  9. Tzadik - Wikipedia

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    Tzadik (Hebrew: צַדִּיק ṣaddīq [tsaˈdik], "righteous [one]"; also zadik or sadiq; pl. tzadikim [tsadiˈkim] צדיקים ‎ ṣadīqīm) is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The root of the word ṣadiq, is ṣ - d - q (צדק ‎ tsedek), which means ...