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The Vulcan “Live long and prosper” gesture derives from the Jewish priestly blessing. Leonard Nimoy said that he came up with it after remembering what he saw in Jewish services in his childhood… the Jewish gesture looked cool, alien, and mysterious, so, it became part of Star Trek. My thanks to the Cabineteer who came up with it. I wrote them:
I’ve learnt a lot today. That’s what I like about this… I learn something new every day…
That’s what makes this so fascinating… I learn something new every day in the course of my research.
BMD
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