Shisha Veshishim Ushesh Meot (666) - mi yodeya?

Question

Who knows six hundred sixty-six?

Please cite/link your sources, if possible.

At some point between twenty-four hours and a few days from now, I will:

Vote up all interesting, relevant answers.
Accept what I consider the "best" answer.

Related.
https://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/277/Q1/
And. My current reputation is 666. Am I over on Machashefah Lo tichayah?

@Uber_Chacham it seems that is an answer https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_(מספר) also see https://www.sefaria.org/II_Chronicles.9.13 , https://www.sefaria.org/Ezra.2.13 and https://www.sefaria.org/I_Kings.10.14 — hazoriz, Feb 22 '18 at 23:54
Why skip hundreds of numbers instead of continuing in order? Patience is a virtue. — msh210, Feb 23 '18 at 05:36
@msh210 after reading the article of the first link (in the op) I wanted to find a more authoritative source, I did not find here for 666 so I asked myself, (are you hinting that zrizus (my nickname) is not (a virtue)?) — hazoriz, Feb 23 '18 at 09:44
@hazoriz The series has been going in order from 1 until 346 and you have left out 347-665, thus ruining the order. — Joshua Pearl, Mar 04 '18 at 20:01

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 17:22

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Ezra 2:13

בְּנֵי֙ אֲדֹ֣נִיקָ֔ם שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה: The children of Adonikam were six hundred sixty-six.

answered Jul 22 '20 at 17:22

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 17:04

It's the amount of gold Shlomo Hamelech received every year.

Melachim I 10:14

וַֽיְהִי֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בְּשָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֛וֹת שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵׁ֖שׁ כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃

The weight of the gold which Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold.

This is from a comment by moses on this post about the significance of 666 in Judaism.

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:40

Six hundred sixty-six is the common name of the renowned hemshech of 61 Chassidic discourses said by the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber which he began saying in the year 5666. It’s formal name is Yom Tov Shel Rosh HaShanah.

It marks a new tekufah in the Chassidic world and discusses the ultimate point of creation.

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 28 '21 at 13:18

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666 is gematria of "yom shishi", sixth day, where in Genesis 1:31 is written "yom hashishi", the sixth day, by which the name of God appears to be present in the initial letters of "yom hashishi vay'chullu hashamayim".

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Shisha Veshishim Ushesh Meot (666) - mi yodeya?

Who knows six hundred sixty-six?

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