Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Worship, Conversion, Intermarriage (5/12) Previous Document: Question 11.9.2: Symbols: What does the Star of David represent and what is its symbolism? Next Document: Question 11.9.4: Symbols: What is a Mezuzah? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge 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. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Worship, Conversion, Intermarriage (5/12) Previous Document: Question 11.9.2: Symbols: What does the Star of David represent and what is its symbolism? Next Document: Question 11.9.4: Symbols: What is a Mezuzah? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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