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From: gek@ihuxj.UUCP (glenn kapetansky)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Question
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 16:34:34 EDT
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Nimoy took the "Live Long and Prosper" Vulcan hand sign "from
my ethnic heritage", in his words. Specifically, Nimoy is a
cohen, the priestly family among Jews. The "birkat cohanim",
or "priestly blessing" entails just such a hand position.

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glenn kapetansky                                                      
                                                                        
                  "If I only had a brain"                               
                                                                        
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