Holiday Riddle Answer

Riddle: What Jewish holiday is represented by the number 40,320?

Answer:
Shemini Atzeret. Atzeret is the Hebrew word for the mathematical term factorial.
Shemini Atzeret = 8! (eight factorial) = 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 40,320

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