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From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Trivia Question
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 20:35:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  3 20:35:54 1984
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According to Gene Roddenbery, the origin in the vulcan "salute" is
from a jewish ceremony along the lines of confirmation.  The recievees
are to stand with their backs to the rabbi, and a series of symbols
and hand-waving is made over them.  Roddenbery looked back and saw the
vulcan "salute" being made over him.  And later, when he was
developing the Vulcans, he used this jewish symbolic holding-of-hand.


STILL waiting for the bolt from the skies,

Walt Pesch
AT&T Technologies
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