Online Hebrew Dictionaries. Yiddish Dictionary Online ייִדיש װערטערבוך אַפֿן װעב. Judaism & Numbers. Reprinted with permission from the Encyclopedia of Magic, Myth, and Mysticism (LlewellynWorldwide).
The practice of gematria, or the spiritual interpretation of numbers, is an important hermeneutic technique for understanding sacred Scripture and tapping the powers. The following are considered important symbolic and/or sacred numbers in Judaism: