What Is The Significance Of A 52 Dollar Or 101 Dollar Check As A Gift For A New Baby In The Jewish Faith? ?
i work for a bank and deposited some checks in a custodial account for a child of a Jewish client with a new baby. a lot of the gifts were for $52 dollars or 101 dollars. what is the significance of these odd numbers as new baby gifts?
52 is an even number
and banks are in trouble.. gee i can’t imagine why
edit: lol I don’t think Mark appreciates being call ‘she’
;} let’s hope not
…not that there is anything wrong with that
usually the amount is a multiple of 18- for instance when my kids were born we received a lot of gifts of $54 and $108 from friends. This is because ’18′ is the numerical equivalent of chai, which is life- so these gifts are also wishing for a long and healthy life.
I really think perhaps your client has some friends who are not so good at math!
I kind of wonder if someone is just bad at math LOL??!
here- this quote is from a wedding etiquette website, but it describes the concept for you (just to back up my own statement
>Gifts of money are very common at Jewish weddings. So how much should one give? It depends on the family relation and closeness, and of course on how much one can afford. Multiples of the number 18 (equivalent to “CHAI” – Life ) is a nice touch. Rather than $100, you’ll find gifts of $108 (six times CHAI), and rather than $250, check gifts will read $252 (fourteen times CHAI)
Good question? I tried googling it but got nothing off those numbers, now I’m curious too.
Edit: Lol Monday I don’t think she meant odd like 1,3,5, but rather that $52 is a weird amount to write a check for when you could have done $50. … Or maybe that was a joke? Let’s hope so.
This is an odd amount. Usually, money in Jewish famlies is given in multiples of $18, because the numerical value of the Hebrew letters for the word “life” add up to 18. But 52 and 101 I’ve never heard of.
That is strange. For my son’s and daughters’ birth we got a lot of $144, $252 (two times 126, the name of Gd, but also 14 times chai), and $18.
because they have big noses