thirteen are the attributes of God
&
Rambam's principles of faith
the real number of tribes of Israel: Reuben, Judah, Shimon, Levi, Dan, Naftali, Asher, Gad, Issachar, Zevulun, Ephrim, Menasseh & Binyamin
number of bulls offering on the first day of Succot
number of months in a leap year in the hebrew calendar
13th Adar - fast of Esther
13 petal rose - book by R. Adin Steinsalz about kabbalah - from the zohar, Israel is like a 13 petal rose
age a boy becomes Bar Mitzvah
last verse of the song "who knows one...."
Shlomo took 13 years to build his palace (the temple only took 7.5 years...)
13 Archimedean polyhedra
locusts apparently swarm every 13 years
unlucky number
Friday the 13th
fear of 13 is called triskaidekaphobia
if 12 is a complete complex unit, then 13 takes it one step beyond the ordinary
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