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Mi Yodeya the biggest number in Torah?

What is the biggest number found in Torah? Can be from any work at all, except maybe more recent contemporary works by popular Rabbis, such as R Kaplan or Dr. Schroeder, where they might bring in huge numbers from science or maths. The most obvious…
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What do the rabbis of old say about the number 42, or the meanings thereof, when it appears in the various passages of the TaNaCH?

What do the rabbis of old say about the number 42, or the meanings thereof, when it appears in the various passages of the TaNaCH? My question is inspired from the forty two Locations in our Parashat HaShavua last week. I have checked the Chabad…
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When is it halachically prohibited to count Jews?

Half Shekalim were used to take a census of Jews in the desert. When counting Jews to form a minyan, people use a verse or some other method to count rather than using direct numbers. Under what criteria is it prohibited to count Jews directly? Is…
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The number 7,what is the number seven?

Seven days days in a week,7 years, 70 years. The number 7 seems to complete many things in history and in the calender. What is so important with the number 7? WHy is number 7? Why is so many things completed by the number 7? I would guess some…
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What does the hebrew/biblical number 57 mean?

I heard the hebrew number/character for 47 is 'what', but what is does the number 57 mean? Also where can I learn about the other numbers?
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Can Jews be counted if each person says his / her number?

This answer indicates that it is always forbidden to count Jews directly. However, can one count them if each person says his / her number? E.g. - when I was in camp, the counselor assigned us a number prior to boarding the bus when we went on a…
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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Statistics

(Answered) How many Simanim are in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch? (How many words are in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch? How many letters are in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch?) (Not Answered) How many Sifim are in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch?
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