[Avodah] Coincidences? You Decide.

[Cantor Wolberg]

R' Zev wrote:
Only if it's a long year (shlemah), which only 46% of non-leap years
are. A normal year (kesidrah) is 354 days, and a short year (chasera)
is 353 (16% of all non-leap years).  Leap years are 383, 384, or 385.

However, it is still remarkable even if you look at it as a sequence:  
i.e. 353, 354, and 355 (shana).
Also, my posting specifically targeted non-leap years. We all are  
aware that leap years are longer.

I'm reminded of the fascinating gematria of the ages of the ovos and  
Yosef hatzaddik and Moshe Rabbeinu:

Avraham died at 175 which is equivalent to 7x5²
Yitzchok  died at 180 which is equivalent to 5x6²
Yaakov    died at 147 which is equivalent to 3x7²
As if this weren't coincidental enough, Yosef died at 110 which is  
equivalent to 1x5²+6²+7².
Yosef is the successor in the pattern and the sum of his predecessors  
(5²+6²+7²).

As if all of the above isn't impressive, Moshe Rabbeinu lived to the  
proverbial and legendary age of 120.
This is equivalent to 2² +4² +6² +8².
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