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September 8, 2011 1:51 pm at 1:51 pm
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am yisrael chai
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(Dvarim 21:15)
The first-born “?????” is written ???, without the vuv.
The VILNA GAON sees a hint to the DOUBLE portion of the B’chor in
the letters of the word B’CHOR: BES-CHAF-RESH.
Each letter is double the letter before it in the alphabet:
BES (2) is double ALEF (1),
CHAF (20) is double YUD (10),
REISH (200) is double KUF (100).
(No other letters are double their predecessors in the ?? ??.)