Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting

Leonard Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting - YouTube

As part of the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project, Leonard Nimoy explains the origin of the Vulcan hand signal used by Spock, ...

Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting - The New York Times

As part of the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project, Leonard Nimoy explains the origin of the Vulcan hand signal used by Spock, ...

How Leonard Nimoy's Jewish Roots Inspired the Vulcan Salute

In 2012, StarTrek.com caught up with Nimoy to ask about the history behind the gesture and how it came to life on set. Inspired by a gesture he' ...

Nimoy explains origin on Vulcan greeting - YouTube

Spoke actor Leonard Nimoy inspires fans to do the greeting and quote his line, "Live long and prosper."

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Leonard Nimoy originally got the idea for the V-shaped Vulcan hand greeting during a chanting ceremony in a synagogue when he was younger, ...

The history behind Leonard Nimoy's Vulcan salute - Quartz

Nimoy drew on his orthodox Jewish upbringing to invent the iconic hand gesture, and he wrote about the process of finding it in his memoir, I am ...

Vulcan salute - Wikipedia

The blessing phrase "live long and prosper" (written by Theodore Sturgeon) is frequently spoken alongside it. Leonard Nimoy demonstrating the Vulcan salutation ...

WATCH: Leonard Nimoy Explains the Jewish Origins of Spock's Salute

The actor who played the overly logical part-human, part-Vulcan Star Trek hero explains where he first encountered the famous gesture.

The Jewish roots of Leonard Nimoy and 'live long and prosper'

Leonard Nimoy first saw what became the famous Vulcan salute, “live long and prosper,” as a child, long before “Star Trek” even existed.

WATCH: Nimoy on Spock's salute | The Times of Israel

The salute, which Nimoy devised himself, was taken from a Jewish prayer. The split-finger gesture represents the Hebrew letter shin.

WATCH: Leonard Nimoy explains Spock's salute

The split-finger gesture represents the Hebrew letter shin. In the video below, Nimoy digs deeper into the salute's Jewish origins.

Leonard Nimoy hand greeting: The Jewish explanation behind "live ...

In the video below, Nimoy describes the origin of his famous Star Trek hand greeting: The Jewish priestly blessing, or duchening.

Leonard Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting - 13th Dimension

Leonard Nimoy Explains Origin of Vulcan Greeting ... Had anyone else been picked to play Mr. Spock, he wouldn't have greeted the same way. See the ...

This is Why We 'Live Long and Prosper' | Star Trek

Though most of us immediately recognize the salute as the Vulcan greeting, its true origin comes directly from the Torah. ... Leonard Nimoy does ...

The Jewish Story Behind Spock, Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek Character

“Closing The Circle”: Leonard Nimoy On Meeting Nimoy Relatives in Zaslav ... Nimoy explains origin on Vulcan greeting. News Channel 3-12•76K ...

Leonard Nimoy explains the Jewish origin of the Vulcan greeting

As part of the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project, Leonard Nimoy explains the origin of the Vulcan hand signal used by Spock, ...

The Jewish origins of the Vulcan salute

So when Leonard Nimoy had an idea for a Vulcan greeting, Roddenberry let him bring along a piece of his culture. Nimoy recounted the story of ...

Star Trek's Famous Vulcan Salute Has A Deeper Meaning That Truly ...

Unbeknownst to many, Leonard Nimoy invented the Vulcan salute in Star Trek as an expression of his Jewish heritage.

Leonard Nimoy Explains Spock's Secret Jewish Origins - Vulture

Spock may have been half-human and half-Vulcan, but Leonard Nimoy was all Jew. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, and they raised him in the ...

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As part of the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project, Leonard Nimoy explains the origin of the Vulcan hand signal used by Spock, his ...