12 May 2014

To life!


With the last post a few minutes ago, this blog has now received 18,000 page views.

The number 18 has special meaning for Jewish people. There is a system of numerology called Gematria that assigns numerical value to each letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The numerical value of a word is the sum of the values of the letters in that word. Probably the best known example of Gematria is the Hebrew word for life, chai, which is spelled using two letters, a chet ח and a yud י, the 8th and 10th letters of the Hebrew alphabet, respectively, adding to 18. That is why Jewish people will often give charity in multiples of $18.

So thank you all for helping me get to this wonderful milestone!

Love,

Rebecca


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