Take the 2-minute tour ×  Who knows forty-four?     • Upvote all
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the next number.  share|improve this question  5 Answers 5  up
vote 6 down vote accepted  44 Candles (or little oil capsules)
in a box for Hannukah.  share|improve this answer Including
shamashes. –  Shalom May 30 '10 at 14:54 that is why I was
m'dayak on "in a box" as opposed to "for a week of lighting" – 
Jeremy May 30 '10 at 16:18 Checkmark for classic 44-ness. – 
Isaac Moses Jun 1 '10 at 4:43 these classic answers are getting
harder to come by, for sure. –  Jeremy Jun 1 '10 at 13:24  44
are the years (2884-2928) that the Mishkan stood in Giveon.
(Zevachim 118b-119a; Yerushalmi, Megillah 1:12)  share|improve
this answer  44 is גאם, the Greek letter gamma (Γ). Chazal use
it often when describing a shape of two perpendicular lines.
Such as:    • The path taken through Israel by the spies (Rashi
to Numbers 13:21)   • Describing the shape of 2 sukkah walls
(Rashi Sukah 7a s.v. shtai