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May 5, 2011 3:36 am at 3:36 am #949078deiyezoogerMember
16, On June 1 1796 Tennesee became the 16th state to join the union.
May 5, 2011 3:53 am at 3:53 am #949079am yisrael chaiParticipant16- 2 to the power of 4
16 is the only integer that m to the nth power n to the mth power as shown above
16 is the base of the hexadecimal number system, which is used extensively in computer science
16 is the atomic # of sulfur in the periodic table of elements
16 is the minimum age for getting a job in most states
16 is the minimum age at which one can obtain a 10 year passport in the United States
16 is the minimum age at which one can donate blood with parental consent in many states.
16 is the amount of waking hours in a day in an “8 hours of sleep” schedule
Many bank card numbers are 16 digits long
There are 16 different personality types in the Myers-Briggs classification system
May 5, 2011 3:57 am at 3:57 am #949080emlfMemberA gutten chodesh!
Shticky – my apologies.
Am Yisrael Chai – you seem to be a boki in Novi!
This was mentioned in the Torah riddles thread – 16 Iyar – the mon began to fall.
16 Nisan – day we start counting sefira, day that the omer was brought
16 Tishray – second day Yom Tov/first day Chol HaMo’ed – Yitzchok is the ushpezin
Quote from the Metsudah siddur re Hodu: the first 28 verses of this section are from Divrai HaYomim I perek 16.
16th berocha of Shmone Esrei – Shema Kolainu
15 words of praise (Shir Ushvacha, etc.) in Yishtabach
15 birchos hashachar
May 5, 2011 4:03 am at 4:03 am #949081am yisrael chaiParticipantThanks, emlf!
I somehow always felt that Navi was part of Tanach:)
Btw, it takes one to know one!
May 5, 2011 4:45 am at 4:45 am #949082am yisrael chaiParticipant“By the way, could someone kindly explain how the Yiddishkeit shpiel works? I know very little Yiddish, but it looks interesting. Thanks in advance.”
emlf, you can play w/o knowing Yiddish, as long as you know Hebrew.
Take a word from the previous phrase and create a new phrase.
E.g.,
Shabat shalom
Shalom aleichem
May 5, 2011 11:59 pm at 11:59 pm #949083deiyezoogerMemberOK lets move on to number 17!!
May 6, 2011 12:00 am at 12:00 am #949084deiyezoogerMember17 – the numerical velue of the word ???
May 6, 2011 12:01 am at 12:01 am #949085deiyezoogerMember17 – ???? ??? ?????
May 6, 2011 12:07 am at 12:07 am #949086deiyezoogerMember17- the Apollo 17 was the last US mission to land men on the moon.
May 6, 2011 12:11 am at 12:11 am #949087deiyezoogerMember17 Andrew Johnson was the 17th US president.
May 6, 2011 12:12 am at 12:12 am #949088deiyezoogerMember17th state to join the union; Ohio
May 6, 2011 12:17 am at 12:17 am #949089deiyezoogerMemberOn Jan 17 2009 Isreal decleard an unileterl cease fire in the Gaza war.
May 6, 2011 12:20 am at 12:20 am #949090eclipseMember17….dreaming of getting your driver’s permit….at 18.
(I got my permit at 16,because Canadians drive less homicidally!)
May 6, 2011 12:21 am at 12:21 am #949091deiyezoogerMemberOn Feb 17 1801 the electoral tie between Thomos Jefreson and Aron Bohr was broken by the house of representitives who elected Jefreson.
May 6, 2011 12:40 am at 12:40 am #949092emlfMember??? is 18 but without the alef, it’s 17. You can read it without the alef (if you have nekudos), and so is ????
17. So we don’t eat nuts around Yomim Nora’im time.
17 Cheshvon – Mabul started.
May 6, 2011 1:17 am at 1:17 am #949093deiyezoogerMemberThere is a saying from the Kotzker Rebbe that while people are not eating nuts during the yomim nora’im because its gematriah is 17 like ?? they are forgeting that ?? is also gematriah ??
May 6, 2011 1:47 am at 1:47 am #949094deiyezoogerMember17 the number of posts now in the [closed] thread
May 6, 2011 2:12 am at 2:12 am #949095deiyezoogerMemberRt. 17
May 6, 2011 2:14 am at 2:14 am #949096deiyezoogerMemberexit 17 0n the NYS I-87
May 6, 2011 2:21 am at 2:21 am #949097am yisrael chaiParticipantYosef was 17 when his “story” began (Breishis 37:2)
Yaakov lived 17 years in Egypt (Breishis 47:28)
In Yehoshafat’s 17th year as King of Yehuda, Achazya ben Achav became King of Yisrael (Melachim aleph 22:52)
May 6, 2011 2:25 am at 2:25 am #949098am yisrael chaiParticipantRechavam ben Shlomo ruled 17 years (Melachim aleph 14:21)
May 6, 2011 2:37 am at 2:37 am #949099am yisrael chaiParticipant17 is a prime number
17 is the sum of four primes (2+3+5+7)
17 is the first number that can be written as the sum of a positive cube and a positive square in two different ways; that is, the smallest n such that x3 + y2 = n has two different solutions for x and y positive integers. The next such number is 65.(2cubed plus 3squared (8+9) or 1cubed plus 4squared (1+16))
May 6, 2011 2:42 am at 2:42 am #949100am yisrael chaiParticipant17 is the atomic number of chlorine in the periodic table of elements
17 is the age one can apply for a Private Pilot Licence
17 is the famous salute (in a 17-gun salute to U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps Generals, and Navy and Coast Guard Admirals)
May 6, 2011 2:47 am at 2:47 am #949101am yisrael chaiParticipant17 is the number of syllables in a haiku (5+7+5)
XVII in Roman numerals
10001 in the binary system
17 is a common age of high school graduates
May 6, 2011 4:33 am at 4:33 am #949102am yisrael chaiParticipantthis is definitely becoming more challenging
May 6, 2011 7:16 pm at 7:16 pm #949103deiyezoogerMemberSince its already shaboss in isreal we can move on to number 18!!
May 6, 2011 8:48 pm at 8:48 pm #949104deiyezoogerMember18 (origional) brachos in shmonah esrei
May 6, 2011 9:05 pm at 9:05 pm #949105deiyezoogerMember18 spinel disks
May 6, 2011 9:15 pm at 9:15 pm #949107am yisrael chaiParticipant18 chai!!
Am Yisrael Chai!
May 6, 2011 9:33 pm at 9:33 pm #949108deiyezoogerMemberUlysess S. Grant was the 18th US president.
May 6, 2011 9:36 pm at 9:36 pm #949109snapplegrlMember18 minute matzah…. crunch!
ben shmona esrei lchupah.. 18 to get married according to pirkei avos ( didnt work for me!)
May 6, 2011 9:37 pm at 9:37 pm #949110am yisrael chaiParticipant18 the # of people in Sharavya’s family (sons, brothers)(Ezra 8:18)
18 Chanani got the 18th goral (Divrei Hayamim aleph 25:25)
18 Bnei Yisrael served Eglon, King of Moav, 18 years (Shoftim 3:14)
18 the amudim were 18 amos high that Chiram built for Shlomo Hamelech (Melachim aleph 7:15)
18 Yoshiyahu was 18 when he ruled J-m (Melachim bais 22:1)
18 Yehoyachin was 18 when he ruled J-m (Melachim bais 24:8)
May 6, 2011 9:42 pm at 9:42 pm #949111am yisrael chaiParticipant18 – 3 of its divisors also add up to 18! (3+6+9)
18- (besides 0) is the only number that equals twice the sum of its decimal digits(2*(1+8))
18-Ben shmoneh esrai le’chupah (belongs in the above category)
May 6, 2011 9:55 pm at 9:55 pm #949112deiyezoogerMember18 – the real age of ??? ????? ?? ????? when he became ???? appearing to be 70.
May 6, 2011 10:15 pm at 10:15 pm #949113am yisrael chaiParticipant18 minutes from licht tzindin to shkiya
May 8, 2011 2:41 am at 2:41 am #949114deiyezoogerMember18 the leagal age to vote
May 8, 2011 2:42 am at 2:42 am #949115deiyezoogerMember18 the age you can enlist in the militery
May 8, 2011 2:46 am at 2:46 am #949116deiyezoogerMember18 Louisiana was the 18th state to join the union.
May 8, 2011 2:50 am at 2:50 am #949117deiyezoogerMemberOK, Its time to move on to number 19!!
May 8, 2011 2:54 am at 2:54 am #949118deiyezoogerMemberRotherford Heyas was the 19th US president.
May 8, 2011 2:56 am at 2:56 am #949119deiyezoogerMemberOn Dec 11 1816 Indiana became the 19th state to enter the union.
May 8, 2011 3:03 am at 3:03 am #949120deiyezoogerMember19 is the leagal age for drinking alcohol in British colombia and New Bronswic.
May 8, 2011 3:04 am at 3:04 am #949121deiyezoogerMember19 is the leagal age to move out of your parents house in the state of Alabama.
May 8, 2011 3:06 am at 3:06 am #949122deiyezoogerMemberThe 19th amandment garantees all Americen women the right to vote.
May 8, 2011 3:19 am at 3:19 am #949123pascha bchochmaParticipantThe Gematriya of ????
May 8, 2011 4:00 am at 4:00 am #949124emlfMember19 – the actual number of berachos in weekday Shmone Esrai
perek 19 of Tehillim is the first perek of Tehillim that we say in pesukai d’zimra of Shabbos and Yom Tov that is not included during the week.
19 – the number of years in the cycle of leap years and non-leap years in the Hebrew calendar. see http://rabbikaganoff.com/archives/1675 for more info.
18 – perek of Tehillim where Dovid praised HaShem for saving him from Shaul
May 8, 2011 4:17 am at 4:17 am #949125am yisrael chaiParticipant19- 19 cities included in Naftali’s portion, including Bet Shemesh (Yehoshua 19:38)
19- in Nevuchadnetzat’s 19th year, Nevuzaradan came to do major damage (Melachim bais 25:8 & Yirmiyahu 52:12)
19 – 19 men were gathered for Dovid including Asae-l after Yoav returned from going after Avner (Shmuel bais 2:30)
19 – Psachya got the 19th goral (Divrei Hayamim aleph 24:16)
May 8, 2011 4:20 am at 4:20 am #949126am yisrael chaiParticipant19- last year of teenagehood 🙂
May 8, 2011 4:28 am at 4:28 am #949127deiyezoogerMemberBy the end of the 19th centery started the wave of jewish imegrants to the USA.
May 8, 2011 4:39 am at 4:39 am #949128am yisrael chaiParticipant19 -another prime number
19- potassium’s atomic number (make sure u get enough of this)
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