Emily Koenders writes that she is working on a paper on gematria in rabbinic literature and wonders if I can help her locate the talmudic sources of three examples of it. The first of Ms. Koenders’s ...

We’ve seen lots of top ten lists about the 00’s over the past few weeks, but what do the numbers from the last ten years say about the decade itself? In the spirit of “nothing is coincidence,” we ...

While some people love gematria, others are skeptical. Whatever your attitude, keep in mind that gematria isn’t a modern-day invention but is prevalent throughout the words of Chazal. One may wonder ...