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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 534227, member: 4381&quot;]You might have a better chance of bringing them to a synagogue because there are Jews there.&nbsp; Outside of the Masonic lodges, there aren&#039;t too many Temples in North America, but there are still the remains of a few in Greece and Syria.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_numbers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_numbers" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_numbers</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thousands are counted separately, and the thousands count precedes the rest of the number (to the right, since Hebrew is read from right to left). There are no special marks to signify that the “count” is starting over with thousands, which can theoretically lead to ambiguity, although a single quote mark is sometimes used after the letter. When specifying years of the Hebrew calendar in the present millennium, writers usually omit the thousands (which is presently 5 [‫ה‬]), but if they don&#039;t, this is accepted to mean 5 * 1000, with no ambiguity. The current Israeli coinage includes the thousands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Date examples</p><p><br /></p><p>“Monday, 15 Adar 5764” (where 5764 = 5(×1000) + 400 + 300 + 60 + 4, and 15 = 9 + 6):</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In full (with thousands): “Monday, 15(th) of Adar, 5764”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‫יום שני ט״ו באדר ה׳תשס״ד‬</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Common usage (omitting thousands): “Monday, 15(th) of Adar, (5)764”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‫יום שני ט״ו באדר תשס״ד‬</p><p><br /></p><p>“Thursday, 3 Nisan 5767” (where 5767 = 5(×1000) + 400 + 300 + 60 + 7):</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In full (with thousands): “Thursday, 3(rd) of Nisan, 5767”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‫יום חמישי ג׳ בניסן ה׳תשס״ז‬</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Common usage (omitting thousands): “Thursday, 3(rd) of Nisan, (5)767”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ‫יום חמישי ג׳ בניסן תשס״ז‬</p><p><br /></p><p>To see how today&#039;s date in the Hebrew calendar is written, see, for example, the dateline at the top of the Haaretz Online home page.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recent years</p><p><br /></p><p>5768 (2007–08) = ‫תשס״ח‬</p><p><br /></p><p>5767 (2006–07) = ‫תשס״ז‎‬</p><p><br /></p><p>5766 (2005–06) = ‫תשס״ו‎‬</p><p><br /></p><p>5765 (2004–05) = ‫תשס״ה‎‬[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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