Shisha Asar - mi yodeya?

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Who knows sixteen?

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score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 12 '17 at 07:30

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Sixteen are the cases when a co-wife is exempt from chalitzah or yibbum, according to Levi (Yevamos 10b) - he adds one case to the fifteen mentioned in the Mishnah (ibid. 2a).

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answered Apr 14 '10 at 19:16

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '10 at 17:24

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Sixteen is the width of a street.

answered Apr 14 '10 at 17:24

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '10 at 18:32

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16 maneh is the weight of mor, k'tzi'ah, shibolet neird, and kharkom in the incense

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Shalom

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Gershon Gold · Answer 4 · 2014-01-27T16:57:07.607

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On Pesach we spill out a bit of the Kos by the Seder 16 times. 10 Makos. 3 times by Dam V'Aish Vsimros Ashan. 3 times by Detzach Adash B'Achav. (Orach Chaim 473 - Rama)

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I see no such custom mentioned in OC 475 in the Shulchan Aruch or the Mappah – Double AA Jan 27 '14 at 16:35

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 14 '10 at 18:59

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Uziah (king of Judah) was sixteen years old when he started to rule. (Chronicles II: 26)

answered Apr 14 '10 at 18:59

Bas613

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Yahu · Answer 6 · 2010-04-14T20:11:09.933

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Taz(=16) is the son-in-law of the Bach(=10).

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answered Apr 14 '10 at 19:50

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 02:37

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16 is the day in Nissan on which the karban omer was brought.

answered Apr 13 '16 at 02:37

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Feb 12 '14 at 03:01

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Sixteen are the categories of items that the Jews in the desert brought for the building of the Mishkan.

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Where do you see this? – Double AA Apr 13 '16 at 03:02
@DoubleAA Had you asked me 2 years ago I might remember. I have no recollection. – Y e z Apr 13 '16 at 03:35
I always thought there were 39 things they built http://thetorah.com/the-textual-source-39-melachot-shabbat/ – Double AA Apr 13 '16 at 03:39
I didn't say they built 16 things. I said they brought 16 different types of materials for the building. – Y e z Apr 13 '16 at 03:49

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 15:38

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Rachel conceived 16 months after the incident of the dudaim in the 5th year of Leah's marriage. - Sechel Tov, Bereshis 30:21

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Shisha Asar - mi yodeya?

Who knows sixteen?

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