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Who knows three hundred and five?

?חמישה ושלוש מאות - מי יודע


Don't be led astray like a lamb by lazy gematria.

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Hashem's name יֱהֹוִה (pronounced אֱלֹהִים) occurs 305 times in Tanach .

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How do you count those? Can you search by vowelized text? –  Isaac Moses Oct 24 '12 at 18:04

There are approximately 305K letters in a Torah scroll.

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A more interesting source IMO aishdas.org/toratemet/en_pamphlet9.html –  Double AA Oct 24 '12 at 19:18
The number they give (304805) is based (they claim) on the Masora of Ben Asher in his Dikdukei Taamim. Can anyone confirm that our received text has the same number? –  Double AA Oct 24 '12 at 19:26
@DoubleAA Here's something posted today on Hirhurim that indicates another source for the same total. Anyway, it'd have to be off by hundreds to remove the association with 305. –  Isaac Moses Oct 24 '12 at 19:29

In 1929 - 305 American Jews made Aliya. source - jta.org

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