> I'm guessing that prior to Hannukah, the number Eight was not that particularly significant to the Jews. Maybe it is the 'new' number of perfection, since it's one digit higher than Seven.

Ah, the Chanukiah(a certain kind of menorah which has 9 places for lights).

Actually, 8 is new beginnings. I'd have to have my book for that, too. :)

> > Interesting Query: If we used a system for which 10 is neither a factor nor a multiple(say, 7), would we still count on our fingers the same way?
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> > Nyper"31 base 7"old
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> Perhaps I misunderstand your question. You mean that if we used some base number which was non-intuitive -- like, for example, the prime number 7 -- would we still be using fingers to help count? I can't see why not, and we'd need all the help we can get in that case.
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> Wolfspirit

I mean, would we count off 7 fingers and leave out the others?

Nyperold