{"id":3108,"date":"2019-05-23T20:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oorahspirit.org\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:42:52","slug":"parsha-math-corner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/parsha-math-corner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsha Math Corner: Behar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Parshat Behar by Blimi Olen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>parshas behar<\/em> we are warned not to take \u05e0\u05e9\u05da, interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word \u05e0\u05e9\u05da, interest, has the same numerical value as \u05d6\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d7\u05e9,\nthis is a snake.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e0\u05e9\u05da:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e0=50 + \u05e9 =300 + \u05da=20 = 370<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05d6\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d7\u05e9:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05d6=7 + \u05d4=5 = 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u05e0=50 + \u05d7=8 + \u05e9=300 = 358 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>358 +12 = 370<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the comparison between interest and a snake? One\nsimilarity is that interest is compared to the bite of a snake. Just as a snake\nbites a small bite, but then the poison spreads and the victim becomes very\nill, or even dies, so too, interest starts out small but eventually it builds\nup and depletes a person of all his money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parshat Behar by Blimi Olen In parshas behar we are warned not to take \u05e0\u05e9\u05da, interest. 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