No. this is Gimatria, the Hebrew numbering system, actually an ancient Greek invention. It is commonly used for dates, lists, chapter numbers etc. .
See http://www.qsm.co.il/Hebrew/Gimatria.htm Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: Marco Cimarosti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:47 PM > To: '????? ????'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Initials > > > Rabbi Juuitchan wrote: > > This is because it is easy to put vowels between the Hebrew > > consonants, correct? > > > > I am thinking arithmetic and Japanese-style "goroawase" are > > easy to do in Hebrew if you treat the consonants as digits > > using the ancient system of writing numbers [...] > > Congratulations, you have just discovered Qabbala! > :-) > > _ Marco > >
