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A salutation of Vulcanians, which appeared for the first time in 1967, consists of raising The hand and display The palm to the interlocutor, separating the middle finger from the ring and saying: “Live long and prosper!”
As a young boy, Nimoy, who comes from a Jewish family, was at a synagogue ceremony when he saw a rabbi separate his fingers. from the hand that way to give The blessing. was to allude The Hebrew letter «shin», which in this case was used to represent divinity.
“A most people still don’t know what it means», stated Nimoy, years later, in an interview with washington post. “They don’t realize they’re blessing themselves with this [a saudação]“
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