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Tag: Gematria

0 Torah History

The Ba'al Haturim Jewish History in the Torah Vayakhel-Pekudei

Jewish History Lectures · 11 Mar

The video explores the insights of the Ba'al Haturim, a pivotal commentator on the Torah, focusing on the portions of Vayakhel and Pekudei.

0 Music Culture

Taylor Swift’s Hollow Gematria

Arye Dworken in Tablet · 20 Oct 2025

In a critical examination of Taylor Swift's marketing tactics, Arye Dworken highlights how Swift's use of numerology and so-called 'Easter egg' hunting has created a fan culture focused more on decoding hidden messages than on evaluating the substance of her music.

0 Culture Television/Film

The secret Jewish history of Pi

Seth Rogovoy in Forward · 13 Mar 2024

The concept of Pi, the ratio of a circle's diameter and circumference, has a secret Jewish history intertwined with mathematical and spiritual dimensions.

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Reviews in Brief – Spring 2023

Rabbi Gil Student in Jewish Action · 5 Mar 2023

Gematria Refigured by Rabbi Elie Feder is a book that explores the method of gematria, which assigns numerical values to Hebrew words, to understand how the Torah conveys ideas through numbers.

0 Jewish Law Literature

Quarried in Air

Shai Secunda in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Mar 2019

"Quarried in Air" delves into the enigmatic and influential Jewish text Sefer Yeirah, also known as The Book of Creation, which explores the relationship between language, numbers, and the creation of the universe.