Saturday, August 10, 2019

number - Shnayim Umeya Va-elef?


Who knows eleven hundred two?


Please cite/link your sources, if possible. At some point at least twenty-four hours from now, I will:




  • Upvote all interesting answers.





  • Accept the best answer.




  • Go on to the next number.





Answer



Over the course of some leap years, there are precisely 1102 olim/aliyos (to the Torah).



  • In a בש״ז year (i.e., one that starts on Monday and in which Cheshvan has thirty days), people in Israel in an area that keeps Purim on the fourteenth of Adar who have five olim on the night of Sh'mini Atzeres (=Simchas Tora), eight on its day, and none on the afternoons of b'hab have a total of 1102 olim.


  • In a בח״ה year (i.e., one that starts on a Monday and in which Kislev has twenty-nine days), people outside of Israel in an area that keeps Purim on the fourteenth of Adar who have three olim on the night of Simchas Tora, eight on its day, and three on each afternoon of b'hab have a total of 1102 olim.

  • In a גכ״ז year (i.e., one that starts on a Tuesday and in which Cheshvan and Kislev, combined, have fifty-nine days), I can't think of a combination of customs that would yield 1102 olim.


I've only checked those three of the seven configurations of leap years (and have no plans to check the rest). I doubt that any non-leap year would have 1102 olim, but haven't checked.


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