The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularized by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger.

2023年9月5日 · There is no more iconic hand gesture in pop culture than the split-fingered greeting used by Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and other Vulcans in "Star Trek." Usually accompanied by the phrase, "Live...

2020年6月12日 · Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the epic series, Star Trek, shared the history behind his famous hand sign. At about 8, Nimoy attended synagogue during the High Holy Days with his parents (Jewish immigrants from Ukraine).

2021年7月17日 · Spock actor and Trek legend Leonard Nimoy created it on the set of The Original Series. In 2012, StarTrek.com caught up with Nimoy to ask about the history behind the gesture and how it came to life on set.

2023年5月10日 · Nimoy introduced the hand sign of the Kohanim Jewish blessing, which would become the Vulcan salute. In a project for the Yiddish Book Center, Nimoy recounted the story of the first Star Trek episode where Spock visits the planet Vulcan in …

It is a symbol of greeting by the character Spock. Nimoy based it on a hand gesture used by Jewish priests called Kohanim to bless people in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.

2015年2月28日 · Leonard Nimoy explained to the Yiddish Book Center Wexler Oral History Project how his idea for Mr. Spock ‘s Vulcan hand gesture came about during a Jewish ceremony, how he incorporated the greeting into the Star Trek series and how it quickly became an international symbol throughout the world.

2021年10月27日 · Nimoy noted in his 1995 autobiography "I Am Spock," quoted by the website Quartz in 2015 on the occasion of Nimoy's death at the age of 83, that he had adapted the symbol from Orthodox Judaism, specifically a hand symbol the Konahim, or priests, make as they bless the congregation during High Holiday services "with thumbs outstretched and the ...

2024年5月19日 · The hand signal actually made its first appearance in the Season 2 opener, "Amok Time," in which Spock ultimately learned his fiancé, T'Pring, had found another lover.

2015年2月27日 · Nimoy, who died Friday, left the world with many memories, but one in particular has remained standing the test of time: Spock's Vulcan salute, the popular hand signal that Nimoy employed in...