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How many words and letters are in the Torah?

by Rabbi Simcha Bart

  
Question:

How many words and letters are in the Five Books of Moses? Much appreciate this site! TimToo

Answer:

There are 79,847 words in a Torah scroll, and 304,805 letters.


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