fifteen is one of the numbers that is a name of God in hebrew and so is not written as yod + heh (10 + 5) but tet + vav (9 + 6)
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15th is middle of the lunar month - full moon - lots of festivals in the hebrew calendar
15th of Nisan is Pesach
15th of Av is Tu B'Av -
15th of Tishrei is Succot
15th of Shevat is Tu B'Shevat - New Year for Trees
15th of Adar is Shushan Purim
15 steps in the Temple
15 Shir Hamalot - song of ascents - in the book of Psalms
Latin America: age a girl becomes mature - quinceanera
a 15 sided polygon is called a Pentadecagon
(day 15 is the beginning of the 3rd week of the omer - hence the triangle. The first week was like day 1, the barley was arranged in a circle. The second week was like day 2 - a line. So this week is like day 3, a triangle)
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