[Avodah] End of sefer notes

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 05:58:42PM -0600, Michael Kopinsky wrote:
: In Mikraos Gedolos Hamaor, at the end of each sefer it has a note that
: says (using B'midbar as an example), "S'chum pesukim shel sefer b'midbar
: 1288, ... , uparshiosav 10 ..., v'sidrav 32..., uperakav 36..., minyan
: hapesuchos 92, v'hasesumos 66, sach hakol 158 parshios..."

: I found it interesting that it lists both sidros (referring presumably to
: EY's triennial cycle...

Not at all! It's the number of "paragraphs". 92 pesuchos -- marked by
ending the line early, 66 setumos -- marked by a 9 dalet-width space
and then closing the line. 92+66 = (sach hakol) 158.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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