The 71 in 5771 is depicted
in Hebrew letters as "ayin-alef," which may be translated as "look at the
thousands."
This year on the Jewish calendar is the 5771st
since Creation. The new year part, the "71," is depicted in Hebrew letters as "ayin-alef,"
which may be translated as "eye the thousand" – i.e., "look at the thousands."
On September 6, 2010, three days before Rosh Hashanah
5771, at 14:25, Globes (Israel's foremost business magazine) reported on
its website:
Israel's population totals 7,645,500 on the eve of
5771, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. This number includes
5,770,900
Jews, 1,559,100 Arabs and 315,500 others.
Further research reveals that the daily birth rate of
Jews in Israel is 309, and of deaths is 100. Therefore, to establish the
(almost) exact total Jewish population in Israel when 5771 began, we have to add
627 (309-100, x 3) to the up-to-but-not-including Sept. 6 reported total. This
yields 5,771,527!
1,000 times the year 5,771 = 5,771,000 – almost exactly the number of Jews in
Israel (plus a little extra in our favor!).
"May the L-rd G-d increase you 1000 times more…"
(Deut. 1:11) – especially this year 5,771!
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