“Live long and prosper.”
- Vulcan greeting as used by Mr Spock in Star Trek, delivered with the fingers formed into a V shape.
Vulcan or Jewish?
Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock, has been a devout Jew his entire life. In an adlib while filming, he made the above hand sign and spoke the words “Live long and prosper”, which is in fact a benediction which rabbis give over their congregations. The rabbi's hand gesture accompanying the blessing is representative of the Hebrew letter Shin, which begins the word Shadai, one of God's sacred names.
