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 Feb 16 2008, 07:18 PM
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What's the word with the highest gematriya in Tanach?
(winner gets a  + 2 pts.)
-------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Feb 17 2008, 07:57 PM
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במדבר פרק טז
הַמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי-תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּם-הִשְׂתָּרֵר: -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Feb 17 2008, 08:06 PM
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Cool. Thanks.
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Feb 17 2008, 08:12 PM
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חסד ואמת Group: Members Posts: 8,725 Joined: 16-November 06 Member No.: 4,063 |
credit: sibling who told me this.
-------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Aug 5 2008, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE (existwhere? @ Feb 17 2008, 08:57 PM)  במדבר פרק טז הַמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי-תִשְׂתָּרֵר עָלֵינוּ גַּם-הִשְׂתָּרֵר: Bump so as not to hijack the other thread. Is there special significance to this word? |
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Aug 5 2008, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE (Goldfish @ Aug 5 2008, 03:39 PM) Bump so as not to hijack the other thread. Is there special significance to this word? I googled it for you and was surprised to find this: QUOTE Q: The word with the highest Gematria (numerical value) in the entire Torah appears in Parshas Korach. What is it, and what is the significance of this fact? A: The word Tishtarer [tav-shin-tav-reish-reish] (16:13) is only five letters long but possesses a whopping numerical value of 1500. As there are no coincidences in the Torah, the Paneiach Raza explains why specifically this word has such a large value. After failing to sway Korach, Moses approached Dasan and Aviram, Korach's cohorts in leading the rebellion, in a final attempt to quell the dispute. They brazenly rebuffed his peaceful overtures and accused him of Tishtarer seeking to make himself great and dominate the Jewish people. Tishtarer , a word meaning greatness and domination, appropriately has the largest gematria in the entire Torah! http://felist.com/archive/lit.kehilasmy/200706/14234753.text -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Aug 5 2008, 04:14 PM
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 Rebbe  Group: Members Posts: 1,756 Joined: 21-June 06 From: Southern boy trapped in NYC Member No.: 2,898 |
So, the word סופרקאליפרג'ליסטיקאקספיאלידואשס doesn't appear in Tanach? I believe the gematria of that is 1652.
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Aug 5 2008, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE (Bezalel @ Aug 5 2008, 05:14 PM) So, the word סופרקאליפרג'ליסטיקאקספיאלידואשס doesn't appear in Tanach? I believe the gematria of that is 1652. it is not mentioned in the torah only gemara... so that doesnt count. |
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Aug 5 2008, 08:32 PM
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 Rebbe Group: Members Posts: 1,416 Joined: 26-July 04 From: neverland Member No.: 599 |
existwhere - thanks for posting that. It's cool.
QUOTE (Bezalel @ Aug 5 2008, 05:14 PM) So, the word סופרקאליפרג'ליסטיקאקספיאלידואשס doesn't appear in Tanach? I believe the gematria of that is 1652. 
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Aug 6 2008, 04:59 AM
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 Hocker  Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 27-December 07 From: Ukraine Member No.: 7,011 |
QUOTE (Commander In Chief @ Aug 5 2008, 05:17 PM) it is not mentioned in the torah only gemara... so that doesnt count. This word is acronym? Probably I am an ignoramus... But how much acronyms are used in gemara? 
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