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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: Simon Montagu <simon.montagu@gmail.com><BR><BR>My
brother-in-law said the following at a simcha yesterday evening:<BR>Zephania
1:12 says "ahapes et Yerushalaim banerot", and the gematria<BR>of "nerot" is
equal to the number of times in which Jerusalem is<BR>mentioned in the
Bible.<BR><BR>A cute vort if you like that kind of thing, and I am probably
spoiling<BR>it by checking up, but it doesn't seem to fit the
facts.<BR><BR>...<BR><BR>Does anybody have more info, especially some kvetch to
make the<BR>gematria fit the total?<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>One kvetch that works for all gematrios is to just use approximate numbers
and not try too hard to make them come out exactly. Nerot = 656 and
Yerushalayim appears 669 times? Close enough! Quick
mental arithmetic without benefit of calculators works best for
gematrios. Disclaimer: I am not really a fan of gematrios, most of
them seem forced or trivial to me. However, I will say that the Gra
seems to have had an amazing knack for noticing clever gematrios that
really do work well -- it's as if he saw everything he read both verbally
and mathematically, simultanously.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff>Romney -- good
values, good family, good
hair<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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