The 666 Revelations junk probably refers to Hebrew-Aramaic or Greek
numerology in which the first 10 letters are 1-10, the 11th letter is
20, 12th is 30, ... up to 100, 200, ...

So you pay Rebbe Nissim ben Nissim (Nissim = miracles in Hebrew) 52
rubles and you will have a son. Or at least you will be 52 rubles
poorer.

(Son - ben which is spelled bet-nun and bet=2 and nun=50. The Hebrew
aleph-bet doesn't have explicit vowels.)

Traditionally, Jews give charity in multiples of 18 units because
Khet-Yud (8-10) is khai is life.

Of course, trying to prove that a politician you don't like has the
number 666 has been going on for just about as long as Revelations has
been aroune.

Didn't Reagan pay his city to have his house renumbered from 666?

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