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References

1

• The gematria (numerical value) of the Hebrew letter א
• Hashem[1]
• Date in the month of Tishrei when Rosh Hashanah occurs
• Yom Kippur is one day worldwide

2

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ב
• 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

3

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ג
• 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]
• Number of aliyot for a Torah reading on a weekday or at mincha
• Date in Tishrei of the Fast of Gedalia

4

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ד
• The matriarchs of the Jewish people
• 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.

5

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ה
• The books of the Pentateuch
• The books of the Megillah
• The sections of the book of Psalms
• 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

6

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ו
• Number of days it took God 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
• Number of aliyot on Yom Kippur

7

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ז
• 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 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]

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

9

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ט
• 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 mourning known as The Nine Days

10

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter י
• 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
• Number of Jews required for a minyan[6]
• Ten Martyrs

11

• Stars in Joseph's dream
• Date in which the Fast of Esther is observed when Purim falls on Sunday

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)

13

• 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

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

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.

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.

17

• Date in the month of Tammuz when the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz occurs

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

19

• 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

20

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter כ

22

• The letters in the Hebrew alphabet
• Years in which Jacob and Joseph were separated

23

• Number of judges needed to carry out a trial for capital punishment in Judaism

24

• Total number of books in the Tanakh

25

• Date in the month of Elul on which creation began
• Date in the month of Kislev Chanukah begins

26

• Gematria of G-d's Name

27

• Date in Nisan of Yom HaShoah

28

• Frequency in years of Birkat Hachama
• Date in Iyar of Yom Yerushalayim

29

• The number of days in some months of the Hebrew calendar

30

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ל
• The number of days in some months of the Hebrew calendar

33

• Celebrated day during the Counting of the Omer known as "Lag BaOmer"

40

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter מ
• Years in the desert
• Days and nights of rain during the flood that occurred at the time of Noah
• Isaac's age at marriage to Rebecca
• Esau's age at marriage to his first two wives
• Number of days Jonah prophesies will pass before Nineveh is destroyed. They repent in the interim.
• Number of se'ah (volume measurement of water) in a mikveh (ritual bath)
• Number of years of the reign of David, Solomon, and the most righteous judges in the book of Judges

42

• Letters in one of G-d's Divine Names

49

• Number of nights of counting of the Omer

50

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter נ
• Frequency of the Yovel year

54

• Total number of parashahs

60

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ס

63

• Total tractates in the six books of the Mishnah

70

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ע
• Members of the Sanhedrin
• Life of King David
• Years between the destruction of the first and construction of the Second Temple
• Year (CE) of the Destruction of the Second Temple
• Number of scribes who translated the Septuagint

80

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter פ

90

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter צ

100

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ק
• Total number of times the shofar is sounded on each day of Rosh Hashanah

120

• Life of Moses

147

• Life of Jacob

150

• Number of psalms

175

• Life of Abraham

180

• Life of Isaac

200

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ר

245

• Words in the Shema prayer

248

• Total number of positive mitzvot

300

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ש

365

• Length of the solar calendar (which has significance in Judaism)
• Total number of negative commandments

374

• Total number of years the First Temple stood

400

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ת

500

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ך

586

• Total number of years the Second Temple stood

600

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ם
• Gematria of the word Tzitzit
• Age of Noah at time of flood

601

• Age of Noah at time flood ended

613

• Total number of mitzvot

700

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ן

702

• Gematria of שַׁבָּת

800

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ף

900

• The gematria of the Hebrew letter ץ

930

• Life of Adam

950

• Life of Noah

969

• Life of Methuselah, the longest lived person according to the Book of Genesis

304,805

• Total number of letters in the Torah

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