Arba'a Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?

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Who knows forty-four?

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '10 at 14:13

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44 Candles (or little oil capsules) in a box for Hannukah.

answered May 30 '10 at 14:13

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Including shamashes. – Shalom May 30 '10 at 14:54
that is why I was m'dayak on "in a box" as opposed to "for a week of lighting" – Jeremy May 30 '10 at 16:18
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Checkmark for classic 44-ness. – Isaac Moses Jun 01 '10 at 04:43
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these classic answers are getting harder to come by, for sure. – Jeremy Jun 01 '10 at 13:24

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '10 at 12:17

44 is גאם, the Greek letter gamma (Γ). Chazal use it often when describing a shape of two perpendicular lines. Such as:

The path taken through Israel by the spies (Rashi to Numbers 13:21)
Describing the shape of 2 sukkah walls (Rashi Sukah 7a s.v. shtai defanos)
Which barrels of wine in your cellar you need to check for Chametz, according to R' Yochanan (Pesachim 8b). Note that this one is 3-D.

Some instances have the spelling as just גם (which would have worked for yesterday), but it looks like the spelling with the aleph is more standard. Also works well as in modern Hebrew they call the letter gimmel-mem-aleph, but same Gematria.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '10 at 03:14

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44 are the years (2884-2928) that the Mishkan stood in Giveon. (Zevachim 118b-119a; Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:12)

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '10 at 14:30

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44 days of rain in Jerusalem in an average year

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Re'eh · Answer 5 · 2020-09-15T15:04:35.170

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Leah lived for 44 years.(B'N Ill source later)

Leah and Rachel were 22 yrs old at marriage. They are twins - Seder Olam Rabbah

(22x2=44) Though I struggle with how the deception with Leah renders Rachel married as well. More like 'as if'?

edited Sep 15 '20 at 15:04

answered Sep 15 '20 at 13:48

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Er....22x4 = 88? – Dov Sep 15 '20 at 15:02
Oops. Dont MiYodeya and drive. – Re'eh Sep 15 '20 at 15:06

Arba'a Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?

Who knows forty-four?

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