~Echad Mi Yodaya?~Yakumin ki medonad?~Who Knows One?~ Challenge

In the song at the end of the Pesach Seder we describe the significance of the numbers from one to 13 as they relate to Jewish life and thought: "Three are the fathers, Four are the Mothers...12 are the Tribes of Israel..." What about the next 13 numbers? And after those? What significance do they have in Jewish tradition?" :evilgr39:

Looking forward to hear some responds... :happy25:

Ok guys, I'll start.

14

~How about: 4 cups of wine, 3 matzahs, 6 items on seder plate (beitza, z'roa, karpas, chazeres, marror, charoses), and salt water = 14 things used at the seder.

~Rachel's 14 family members who go to Egypt (Bereishet 46:22).

~14 years Yaakov worked for Rachel and Leah, 14 advisers to King Achashverosh.

~14 lambs offered each day of Succot; 14 days of dedication of the first Temple by Solomon.

~The 14 books of Rambam's (Maimonides) Yad Hachazakah. The Hebrew word "yad" has the numerical value 14.

15

-Fifteen is the number of words in the blessing we say over the Yom Tov candles.

-Rosh Hashana for fruit trees is 15th Shevat (known as Tu B'shevat)

-Fifteen words in the birkhat kohanim, the priestly blessings.

-15 cubits that the flood waters covered the mountain tops.

-15 is the numerical value of G-d's name (yud and he'y).

-15 steps in the song "dayenu."

~Fifteen generations from Abraham to King Solomon; then 15 generations from Solomon until the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash (Holy Temple).

16

~The 16th of Nissan is day the day the Omer was brought and the new grain is allowed. There are 16 strings on a Tallis (4 strings, doubled over, on each corner).

~Sixteen adanim (sockets) at the east side of the Mishkan (Exodus 26:25).

~Minimum width of reshus harabim -- public domain: 16 amos (cubits).

~Sixteen descendants of Zilpah who went down to Mitzraim (Egypt).

~Sixteen is the number of animals the kohen gadol sacrifices on Yom Kippur.

17

-17 is the Gematria of "egoz" (nut) and "chet" (sin) without the "aleph." Which is one reason given for not eating nuts during the 10 Days of Repentance. Which shows to go you that you have to be nuts to sin!

-17 is the gematria-value of "tov" -- "good."

-Yosef was 17 years old when he was sold by his brothers.

-17 is the number of camps in the desert. Each of the 12 tribes formed a camp, plus the four camps of levi'im, plus the Shechina (Divine presence) resting amongst the Jews.

-17 words at the beginning of Sefer Bamidbar.

-On the 17th of Cheshvan the flood began in the time of Noach. The Jewish People counted 17 yovlot (Jubilee years) from Joshua until the first destruction.

-17 is the date in Tamuz on which five calamities befell the Jewish people: The Tablets were broken, the daily burnt-offering was abolished, a breach was made in Jerusalem's walls, the Roman's burned the Sefer Torah and an idol was placed in the Temple.

-Who knows 17? The Menorah in the Temple was 17 handbreadths high, corresponding to the 17 words of the first verse of Bamidbar.

I know 18. CHAI! LIFE! ;)

18

~I know 18. CHAI! LIFE! ;)

~"Shmoneh Esrei L'Chupah," lit. 18 years (and then) to the marriage canopy. Keep up the great work you do!

~18 rings in one's backbone.

~18 laws of treife were taught to Moshe.

~18 is the amount of time it takes to turn matza dough into chametz (leaven).

~Lag Baomer is the 18th of Iyar. People often give charity in multiples of "18," as 18 is gematria of Chai (life).

~18 is the number of times G-d's name is mentioned in Kreyat Shema (Berachot 28b).

19

-19 is the number of years in a Jewish calendar cycle.

-19 brachot (blessings) in the Shemonei Esrei (silent amida prayer).

-19 days in the year that Hallel is recited.

20

~A complete set of Talmud is usually published in 20 volumes. Although a person becomes legally liable at 12 or 13 years of age, he is not really held fully accountable by G-d until age 20. If I remember correctly, Yaakov lived with Lavan for 20 years (7 years for Leah, 7 for Rachel, and 6 to earn his livelihood).

~20 planks on both the north and south sides of the Mishkan.

~20 pieces of silver that Joseph was sold for by the brothers.

~20 is the number at which people began to be counted for military service.

~20 is the age at which a person suffers heavenly punishment.

~20 amot is maximum height for Chanuka menorah, succah, and mavoi.

~It says in Pirkei Avot that 20 is the age at which one begins to pursue a career.