Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site agrigene.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind From: buchbind@agrigene.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: 360 Billion Jews Want Israel Today -- or, Standing Room Only Message-ID: <201@agrigene.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 18:09:30 EDT Article-I.D.: agrigene.201 Posted: Fri Sep 13 18:09:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Sep-85 05:47:14 EDT References: <3780073@csd2.UUCP> <387@ttrdc.UUCP> <1189@brl-tgr.ARPA> <400@ttrdc.UUCP> Organization: Agrigenetics Madison,Wi. Lines: 13 > > And that's not all! The same Gemara in Gittin says that at the time of one > Roman attack, there were 600,000 towns, each of which held as many Jews as > took part in y'tzias Mitzrayim (i.e., about 600,000). That's 360 thousand > million Jews, 360 billion according to the American convention. This is > not a Midrash, but a Gemara. And that's an underestimate! 600,000 Israelites (not Jews = Judah) included men of fighting age (>=18) and were not of the tribe of Levi. -- Barry Buchbinder (608)221-5000 Agrigenetics Corp.; 5649 E. Buckeye Rd.; Madison WI 53716 USA {seismo!uwvax!astroatc,decvax,ihnp4}!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind