I have a high school student who is researching the eye. He heard somewhere that the Vilna Gaon said that since the Hebrew word for "eye" is "ayin" there are seventy nerves, veins and/or muscles in the eye. He is trying to find out if this is true.
Does anyone know if the Vilna Gaon really said this and where he could find the text and if the nerves, veins and/or muscles actually do add up to seventy and how (he has checked Gray's Anatomy and spoke with some doctors but no one could help him) Thank you all so much - Chag Chanukah Sameach and Shabbat Shalom - Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, New Jersey Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
