In Judaism:
A highly symbolic number in the Torah, alluding to the infusion of spirituality and Godliness into the Creation. For example:
God rested on and sanctified the seventh day (Shabbat).
A seven-day purification period is required for one who has become tamei to become tahor.
The Shemittah (Sabbatical) year arrives every seventh year.
The Jubilee (Yovel) year comes after 7 times 7 years.
The Counting of the Omer leading up to the Giving of the Torah is expressed as "7 times 7 weeks."
The weekly Torah portion is divided into seven aliyahs, and seven men or boys over the age of 13 are called up for the reading of these aliyahs during Shabbat morning services.
Seven blessings are recited under the chuppah during a Jewish wedding ceremony.
David was the eighth son of Jesse.
A Jewish bride and groom are feted with seven days of festive meals after their wedding, known as Sheva Berachot ("Seven Blessings").
The number of Ushpizzin (also known as the "Seven Shepherds") who visit the sukkah during the holiday of Sukkot: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David.
The number of nations God told the Israelites they would displace when they entered the land of Israel (Deut. 7:1): the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
In Breslov tradition, the seven orifices of the face (2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears, and the mouth) are called "The Seven Candles."
The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה), is a seven branched candelabrum lit by olive oil in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem. The menorah is one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people. It is said to symbolize the burning bush as seen by Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25).
On the 7th day of the 7th month of 1947, European Jews began the boarding the ship Exodus in France to return to Israel.[citation needed]
In Christianity:
Yahweh is the divine name, whose letters' places alphabetically equal 70, a product of the divine numer 7.
The number of churches of Asia to which the "Book of Revelation" is addressed.
The number of the Seven Virtues: Chastity, Moderation, Liberality, Charity, Meekness, Zeal, and Humility, corresponding to the seven deadly sins.
Jesus told Peter that he should forgive someone who sinned against him 70 times 7 times.
The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin).
The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic faith, and most reformed traditions.
The number of heads of the three beasts 7*10*7+7*10*10+7*10=1260 of the Book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra and the number of seals.
In the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew 18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.[1]
The number of times Cain will be avenged by God if he is murdered (Gen 4:15).
In Roman Catholicism, and some reformed traditions, the Blessed Virgin Mary has Seven Joys: The Incarnation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Visit of the Magi, the Finding of Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem, the Resurrection of Christ, and The Assumption of Mary into Heaven.
In Roman Catholicism, and some reformed traditions, the Blessed Virgin Mary has Seven Sorrows: The Prophecy of Simeon, the Flight into Egypt, the Three Day Loss of the Christ Child in the Temple of Jerusalem, the Carrying of the Cross, the Crucifixion of Christ, the Pieta, and the Closing of the Holy Sepulchre.
In the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is 77th in a direct line.
The Isrealites circled Jericho for 7 days and then the wall tumbled down.
In Islam:
The number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha.
The number of heavens in Islamic tradition.
The number of Earths in Islamic tradition.
The number of circumambulations (Tawaf) that are made around the Kabba
The number of walks {Al-Safa and Al-Marwah) that is travelling back and forth seven times during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
In Eternalism:
The number of deities
The years Godzimir was exiled to Turin, in Savoy
1/7 of each of the Deities powers was taken to create the Eternal
There are seven verses in each of the Septrains of the Prognostications of Godzimir and Invomandus
Seven universe in each phase toward Edication
Others:
The number of Archangels according to some systems.
The minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang.
The number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit.
The number of ranks in Mithraism.
The number seven is of particular significance within Cherokee cosmology.
In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth.
In Hinduism:
The Sanskrit word 'sapta' refers to number seven.
The Indian Music has 'sapta swaras', means seven octats (sa re ga ma pa dha ni), which are basics of music, using which hundreds of Ragas are composed.
The Month 'September' is evolved from the word 'septa' meaning seven. September was earlier seventh month before July and August were added to the calendar. Also the sibsequent months names are derived from Sanskrit names 'Ashta' and 'Nava' meaning eight and nine which are now called October and November.
Celestial group of seven stars are named as 'Sapta Rishi' based on the seven great saints.
Seven Promises, Seven Rounds in Hindu Wedding and Seven Reincarnation
Seven is also:
The largest number of sticks (or other cylindrical objects) that can be tied into a bundle such that the shape of the bundle remains fixed.
The number of openings into the human head (mouth, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils).
The number of spheres in the Ptolemaic system
The traditional number of Wonders of the Ancient World. There were seven, though only the Great Pyramid of Egypt still stands today.
Viewed as a lucky number in Japanese Culture as well as many Western cultures.
The number of days in a week.
The number of the ages of man into which William Shakespeare divided a lifetime.
The figurative number of seas.
The number of colors of the rainbow (the asteroid 7 Iris is named after the rainbow goddess Iris).
The number of chakras.
The number of basic principles of the bushido.
The number of points on a sheriff's star.
When rolling two standard six-sided dice, seven is the number most likely to occur. It is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die
The number of rings given to the Dwarf Lords in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
The Heptarchy, from the (Greek for seven realm, is the name applied by historians to the period (500-850 CE) in English history after the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England, derived from the seven kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex, which eventually merged to become the Kingdom of England during the early 10th century.
September was the seventh month in the ancient Roman calendar, as its name indicates. After the reform that led to the current order, the seventh month is July.
Septidi was the seventh day of the decade in the French Revolutionary Calendar.
The traditional count of Basque provinces as expressed in the slogan Zazpiak Bat.
Cibola was one of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold the Spanish thought existed.
In casinos, the line 7-7-7 (triple seven, not seven hundred seventy-seven) is a common winning line on slot machines.
There were seven astronauts in NASA's first manned space program, Project Mercury: Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Donald "Deke" Slayton, Wallace Schirra, Gordon Cooper.
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