Shemona Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?

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Who knows forty-eight?

Please cite/link your sources, if possible. At some point in the next few days, I will:

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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '10 at 03:47

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48 are the tractates of the Mishnah (out of 63) that have some Gemara, either Bavli or Yerushalmi (or both).

answered Jun 10 '10 at 03:47

Alex

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '12 at 18:12

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48 levitical cities (six cities of refuge and 42 others), per Numbers 35.

answered May 15 '12 at 18:12

Monica Cellio

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '17 at 15:19

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48 traits with which Torah is attained (Avot 6:6) (see also #30 and #24 in the mi yodeya series)

edited May 28 '17 at 15:19

Isaac Moses

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answered Jun 10 '10 at 15:45

Jeremy

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Checkmark for 48-ness and source. – Isaac Moses Jun 11 '10 at 18:00

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 10 '10 at 15:47

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48 years between Yovel's, according to the opinion that the 50th year is Yovel, and also the first year of the next shemita cycle. In other words, the longest you can own a house outside you shevet is 48 years.

answered Jun 10 '10 at 15:47

Jeremy

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 10 '10 at 20:59

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48 is the second in a series of two consecutive days' shirim shel yom whose chapter number is exactly 24 times the day of the week on which it is recited. (The first one is on Sunday.)

answered Jun 10 '10 at 20:59

WAF

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 05:53

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48 are the verses in Yonah.

answered Apr 21 '16 at 05:53

Double AA

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 16 '18 at 17:37

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48 are the customary minimum number of lines of text per column in a Sefer Torah (some say 42).

Source: Rema Yoreh Deah 275:6

answered Apr 16 '18 at 17:37

Chaim

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48 used to be alot more popular than it is nowadays. – Double AA Apr 16 '18 at 18:03
@DoubleAA what's the popular amount nowadays? – Chaim Apr 16 '18 at 19:09
42, like the other option you said – Double AA Apr 16 '18 at 19:12

Shemona Ve'arba'im - mi yodeya?

Who knows forty-eight?

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