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Who knows eighteen?

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Eighteen are the years before one gets hitched. (Ben Shemonah Esrei LiChupah: Avos 5:21)

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Does? Should? May? – Isaac Moses Apr 16 '10 at 17:09
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I heard the Biblical hint for this is that "Adam" appears 18 times before the first use of "Ish" – Shalom Apr 16 '10 at 18:39
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Another one is that the verse about who the Kohen Gadol may marry (Lev. 21:13) starts with the word והוא, whose numerical value is 18 (Baal Haturim on this verse). – Alex Apr 16 '10 at 19:54
Isaac. it is too complicated to get into and besides, none of those words fit the meter of the tune! – Yahu Apr 19 '10 at 3:53
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Checkmark due to value added by interesting comments. – Isaac Moses Apr 19 '10 at 17:46
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Shemona Asar was the number of berachot in the Shemona Esrei, before the addition of "shover oyvim umakhni'a zeidim" (Berachot 28b)

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It is called Birchas Haminim. – Yahu Apr 16 '10 at 17:00
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$18 is how much an aliyah costs

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Eighteen are the minimum (or according to Rambam, the absolute) number of days in a woman's cycle, according to the original Torah law: seven of niddah (Lev. 15:19), and eleven of zivah (based either on Lev. 15:25, or an unwritten halachah le-Moshe mi-Sinai - Talmud, Niddah 72b-73a).

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Eighteen is the value (in maneh) of the linen clothing that the Kohen Gadol wore for his first entry into the Holy of Holies each Yom Kippur, according to the majority opinion (Yoma 34b).

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18 is the gematriya of chai

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Also of "Yach". – Double AA♦ Mar 25 '12 at 6:09
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Also of חטא.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ – Double AA♦ Feb 15 at 4:28
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There are eighteen sins for which the punishment is misa bide shamayim but for which one can get lashes. Source: Rambam, Sanhedrin 19.

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Lag B'Omer is on 18 Iyur

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Only in our fixed calendar (or in the variable calendar if Nisan happened to have 30 days). – Double AA♦ Feb 14 at 23:09
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Eighteen is the age of the [modern] Draft. (Thanks Isaac!)

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Many modern ones, yes, but not the Bibilical one: mi.yodeya.com/questions/1104/esrim-mi-yodeya/1105#1105 – Isaac Moses Apr 20 '10 at 17:04
This is really a comment, not an answer to the question. Please use "add comment" to leave feedback for the author. – Isaac Moses Aug 21 '12 at 21:00

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