Who knows sixteen?
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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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Sixteen is the width of a street. |
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Uziah (king of Judah) was sixteen years old when he started to rule. (Chronicles II: 26) |
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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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Taz(=16) is the son-in-law of the Bach(=10). |
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