"So much later, I learned that this is the shape of the letter shin [], Hebrew alphabet shin. Very interesting letter in the language. It's the first letter of the word Shaddai, the first letter in the word Shalom, the first letter in the word Shechinah, which is the name of the feminine aspect of God. ... People don't realize they're blessing each other with this! It's great."
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Leonard Nimoy, in "Leonard Nimoy's Oral History" (1:02:04–1:06:01). Yiddish Book Center (2013).
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