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13 are the midos of Yishmael.

(Obvious, but it fits the rhythm!)






Thirteen months in a Jewish leap year.




Thirteen years for a boy to be bar mitzva


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Thirteen is the Gematria of Ehad, ...which leads us back to... Bas613's answer at Echad - mi yodeya? ! (Thank you Shalom! My short term memory is not doing too well these days!)


1) 13 middos of HaShem (hashem, hashem, kel rachum...)


Thirteen at which Yishmael had Bris Mila. בראשית י״ז , כה



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Thirteen is the number of young bulls that are offered on the alter on the 1st day Sukkot 13You shall offer up a burnt offering, a fire offering for a spirit of satisfaction to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in the first year; they shall [all] be unblemished.

במדבר כט י״ג אִשֵּׁ֨ה רֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה פָּרִ֧ים בְּנֵֽי־בָקָ֛ר שְׁלשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אֵילִ֣ם שְׁנָ֑יִם כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָ֛ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר תְּמִימִ֥ם יִֽהְיֽוּ:


The people of Chedorlaomer served him for twelve years then rebelled against him in the thirteenth year.

בראשית יד ד

שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה עָבְד֖וּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה מָרָֽדוּ׃ Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.


Thirteen were the number of towns that were allocated to the children of Gershon.

יהושע כ״א ו

וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁ֗וֹן מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מַטֵּֽה־יִשָּׂשכָ֣ר וּמִמַּטֵּֽה־אָ֠שֵׁר וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה נַפְתָּלִ֜י וּ֠מֵחֲצִי מַטֵּ֨ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה בַבָּשָׁן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃

To the Gershonites [there fell] by lot 13 towns from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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