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What is gematria?

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Gematriya is a numerical version of the Hebrew alphabet. For example, the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is the letter Aleph. This letter's Gematriya translation is 1 then the second letter Bet=2 Gimel= 3 Daled=4 Hey=5 etc. except there are many letters that do not correspond to the number in the alphabet that it is.

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