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vulcan salute
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β Avoid when: mimicking it flippantly during the actual blessing in a synagogue, where it is a solemn rite
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"Live long and prosper" β the split-fingered Vulcan greeting (index-and-middle together, ring-and-pinky together, thumb out), devised by Leonard Nimoy as Spock and now a fandom-wide hello.
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The Priestly Blessing hand β the shape forms the Hebrew letter shin (Χ©) for Shaddai (Almighty), made two-handed by Kohanim when blessing the congregation. Nimoy, who was Jewish, adapted it from this rite he saw as a child.
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- βmimicking it flippantly during the actual blessing in a synagogue, where it is a solemn rite
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Urban EmojiΒ·7/13/2026