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Question 11.9.3: Symbols: What is the signficance of "Chai" and the number 18?
Answer:
The word CHAI means LIFE in Hebrew. The "CH" is pronounced with a
gutteral sound. The word CHAI is written in Hebrew as CHET YUD. Every
hebrew letter has a numeric value, and CHET=8, YUD=10. Thus, the
"numeric value" of Chai is 18.
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