Yeah I noticed it…when I was in elementary school 50+ years ago. And just so you shouldn’t be shocked 5800 will coincide with 2040 just as 5700 coincided with 1940.
Did you notice that every major Jewish event in history ended with 8? Matan Torah 2448. Entering EY 2488
Churban 3338. How bout moshiach 5778.
I actually came across an article written 20 years ago saying how moshiach had to come 5778 and there were a bunch of angry comments that we don’t need to wait till then.
Something based on numbers -I’m not mathematical so didn’t quite get it.
These numbers are all based on decimal (base 10) representation. Why do we use base 10? Is it because we have ten fingers? If so, why do we have ten fingers?
(Thanks for editing my previous post instead of deleting it, anonymous mod.)
“Base 10” means that the number system counts in 10s. After 10, you use 11,
which is “10 plus 1 more,” and then you get to 100, which is “ten 10s,” etc.