Chamishim - mi yodeya?

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Who knows fifty?

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 12 '17 at 07:30

Fifty are the cubits' width of the Heichal/Ohel Moed portion of the Mishkan.

If you go to Shiloh, they have what they very strongly believe to be the remainder of the stone wall that supported the Mishkan there (instead of the wooden beams used in the desert). I measured the width, heel-to-toe, and got almost exactly 75 feet, which would fit with the definition of the cubit as 18 inches.

Fifty are the letters on the Cohen's stones.

(It fits the original song rhythm. The shoulder-stones on the Ephod each had 25 letters.)

Fifty shekels (worth about $460, given today's silver prices) is the erech ("endowment value") assigned to a male during his main working years. R' Hirsch explains:

50 = ((3 = family role) + (2 = communal role)) x (10 = completion)

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '10 at 23:59

50 are the shaarei binah - the levels of comprehension of G-dliness.

Moshe was granted 49 of these during his lifetime (Rosh Hashanah 21b), and at his death he was granted the 50th - the ultimate level of closeness to Hashem. This is hinted at by the name of the place of his passing, Mount Nevo, which parses out to נ' בו - "there are 50 in him." (Arizal to Deut. 3:26)

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50 are the cubits of Haman's gallows (Esther 5:14).

50 is the retirement age for Leviim (Numbers 8:25).

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 17 '12 at 06:40

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Shavuos is 50 days after Pesach begins. (Vayikra 23:16)

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Related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/70672 – msh210 Apr 25 '16 at 05:41

EraserX · Answer 5 · 2022-12-08T18:15:25.540

Fifty is the number of the only instance in Tanach where there are three consecutive unique words that share the same gematria: מי לך כל in

בראשית:לג:ח - וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֥י לְךָ֛ כׇּל הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּגָ֑שְׁתִּי וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לִמְצֹא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי

רב שמואל כהן צדק מצפת published the מנחת כהן in 1598. This is the only place I was able to find that alludes to the 50-50-50 successive gematria saying it alludes to the 50 שערי בינה that were opened up - a kabbalistic idea.

(see a previous answer which also mentions the 50 sha'arei bina)

Double AA · Answer 6 · 2012-06-17T06:56:20.167

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50 is the price in Shekels that David payed for Aravna's threshing floor. (II Samuel 24:24)

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Or, according to one explanation in the Gemara (Zevachim 116b), he collected 50 shekalim from each tribe, for a total of 600. – Alex Jun 17 '12 at 16:41
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@Alex Shesh Meyot - mi yodeya? – Double AA Jun 18 '12 at 02:27

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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר שֶׁלָּקוּ הַמִּצְרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם עֶשֶׂר מַכּוֹת וְעַל הַיָּם לָקוּ חֲמִשִּׁים מַכּוֹת?

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you mind translating. My Hebrew is improving but not fast enough. Lol. – Re'eh Jun 19 '18 at 21:09

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upon the attainment of the age of 50 one is able to give [proper] counsel - בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים לָעֵצָה Avot 5:21

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 17 '12 at 06:42

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The Teivah was 50 cubits wide. (Bereishis 6:15)

A Purim Torah - Where does Noach come into the Megillah? Haman went to look for a tree that's 50 amos high... he searched and searched until he came to Noach's Teivah

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You have to preface that: "It says in the m'gila 'v'noach meoy'vehem' [I think: I haven't checked now]; what's Noach doing in the m'gila?" – msh210 Dec 30 '10 at 23:13

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 19 '18 at 21:11

1 Kings 18:13

הֲלֹֽא־הֻגַּ֤ד לַֽאדֹנִי֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֔יתִי בַּהֲרֹ֣ג אִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֖ת נְבִיאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַחְבִּא֩ מִנְּבִיאֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה מֵ֣אָה אִ֗ישׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙ בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ם לֶ֥חֶם וָמָֽיִם׃ My lord has surely been told what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred of the prophets of the LORD, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and drink.

Chamishim - mi yodeya?

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