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 | | Even the word gematria comes from the Greek: Geometria - "the measurement of earth or land" comes from from ge "earth, land" + metria, from metrein - "to measure." Also, gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet, and its numerical value is three, or tria in Greek. |
 | | They would add up the letters in a name or phrase and make good of use of their prodigious memories, coming up with a numerically equivalent verse or part thereof from the Bible, auguring the future and explaining the present and the past. |
 | | "People come to us to find out about the law for several reasons, but when they hear about the tax credit, which could be a lot of money, it provides motivation [to go through the process]," says David London, executive director of Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI). |
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