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To: average joe who wrote (756827)12/9/2013 2:35:28 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574115
 
Double chai is enuf.

What is the significance of the number 18? What is its importance and what is the meaning of the word Chai? What lessons can it teach us today?

Answer: In Hebrew, each letter has a numerical value. The number 10 is the letter Yud. The number 8 is the letter Ches (Chet). Ches-Yud spells the word Chai, which means “Living” or “Life”. (The word “Chai” also means “raw” as in “uncooked”).

Many Jews have the custom to donate money in multiples of “Chai”, as a good omen for life. There are other numbers that are customary in some communities as well.

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