i have never....

heard of a guest responding no, with a check in the amount of......wait for it......


36$! i swear to god, 36 dollars.

i'm not being a brat...really...but i wouldnt have even blinked if it was a 35$ check or if they even sent nothing. But 36$ thats so odd. Then i was talking to a coworker about it and a customer said that she heard that jewish people have specific increments of money they send as money gifts. Is this true? anyone know? Just wondering if these people are very very odd or following some sort religious protocol.

Found this off Wiki


In some languages such as Hebrew, there are no special characters for numbers; the same symbols that are letters of the alphabet are used for numbers. In Hebrew, the number '18' uses the same characters as the Hebrew word 'l'chaim', or 'life'. It's common among Jews to give gifts that are 18 dollars or multiples of 18.

So if a Jew gives you a gift of $36, he is wishing you 'two lives', or 'long life'. As a wedding gift, this might mean 'a life for both of you'.

omg! thanks for finding this!! That makes total sense now! i told FH about it (his side of the family is jewish) and he's like oh yeah i knew that..lol but when he looked at the check originally he was totally confused...

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Posted by FutureMRS.Benn

So interesting. Never heard of that before.

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ITA its def interesting...and i guess they meant well...that was sweet now that there is a reason behind it

i've heard of jewish people giving gifts in multiples of 18, so that's probably it.

Oh wow!
i never heard thst beforeee

interesting!

The multiple 18 is 'CHAI' which means life. Twice chai, 36 (or any multiple of 18 there after), is to signify a life with prosperity or just a good long life.

Although the amount is quite small, the concept behind it is more meaningful. The sender, in his or her own religious views, is wishing you a successful marriage.


HTH

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Posted by Ellynrose

The multiple 18 is 'CHAI' which means life. Twice chai, 36 (or any multiple of 18 there after), is to signify a life with prosperity or just a good long life.

Although the amount is quite small, the concept behind it is more meaningful. The sender, in his or her own religious views, is wishing you a successful marriage.


HTH

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Posted by angelscri

Found this off Wiki


In some languages such as Hebrew, there are no special characters for numbers; the same symbols that are letters of the alphabet are used for numbers. In Hebrew, the number '18' uses the same characters as the Hebrew word 'l'chaim', or 'life'. It's common among Jews to give gifts that are 18 dollars or multiples of 18.

So if a Jew gives you a gift of $36, he is wishing you 'two lives', or 'long life'. As a wedding gift, this might mean 'a life for both of you'.

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This
It called *Hynh* something like that

FH aunt gave us 18 when we got engaged, I was shocked but I learned LOL

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Posted by Ellynrose

The multiple 18 is 'CHAI' which means life. Twice chai, 36 (or any multiple of 18 there after), is to signify a life with prosperity or just a good long life.

Although the amount is quite small, the concept behind it is more meaningful. The sender, in his or her own religious views, is wishing you a successful marriage.


HTH

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After understanding the meaning i thought it was very thoughtful of them to give us this gift. especially since #1 they arent coming
#2 they are FFIL's coworker.