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On the original Star Trek series, actor Lenoard Nimoy actually created many of the best-loved traits of his character, Mr. Spock, including his oft-recreated hand greeting.

Leonard Nimoy as Spock giving the Vulcan salute

The Vulcan "salute" first appeared in 1967 on the second season of the Star Trek second-season opening episode, "Amok Time", and was inspired by both Winston Churchill's "victory sign" of World War II and the priestly blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim with both hands, thumb to thumb in this same position, representing the Hebrew letter Shin which has three upward strokes similar to the position of the thumb and fingers in the gesture. Nimoy wrote in his autobiography that when he was a child, his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue, where he saw the blessing performed and was impressed by it.

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