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Abby Gilad

October 28, 2004

In Parshat Vayera, God does a math trick with names: He takes the letter yud (h)out of sarai’s name. Then he divides it equally. Look at the chart below to discover how much the letter yud is worth in gematria. Now, what two letters does God come up with and where does he put them? (clue: Avram and Sarai’s names are transformed.)
Avram…..hra Sarah…..ovrct	Avraham…vra Sarai…..orct
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