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Torah.org Pirkei Avos - Chapter 3, Mishna 23(b): The Torah vs. the Computer - Part II  Pirkei Avos By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld To Dedicate an Article  click here Chapter 3, Mishna 23(b): The Torah vs. the Computer - Part II   “Rabbi Elazar ben (son of) Chisma said, The laws of the bird-pair offerings and the beginning of menstrual periods — these are essential laws. Astronomy and the numeric values [of the Hebrew letters] are the spices to wisdom.” Last week we began discussing the concept of “numeric values” (“gematriya”) in the Hebrew language — that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet each have associated numeric values (alef = 1, bais = 2, gimmel = 3, etc.), and so all Hebrew words and phrases have corresponding values, sometimes of profound significance. We also introduced the modern equivalent of the gematriya — the Torah Codes. The idea is that by searching through the le