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Who knows two hundred ninety-three?

?שלושה ותשעים ומאתים - מי יודע


For the first time since I started checking, I think, I'm unable to come up with a lazy gematria for this one. This is not a pun.

Check out for the previous two hundred ninety-two entries in this ongoing series.


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There are 14 possible Jewish calendar combinations. In a year where one of the following 4 combinations happen - בש"ה הכ"ז הש"א זח"א - there are 293 days that are not Shabbos or Yom Tov (Chutz L'Aretz) and you may do Melacha.

An explanation of what בש"ה הכ"ז הש"א זח"א mean.




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Usually ש is used for the middle letter in the third case, not מ (it stands for שלימה). So the first and third kevios would usually be expressed as בש"ה and הש"א, respectively. –  Alex Feb 22 '12 at 17:11
Thanks for the correction. I will correct it. –  Gershon Gold Feb 22 '12 at 17:19
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