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Thursday Thirteen ~#13

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Counting both Judas and Matthias, there were thirteen apostles.
In Judaism, 13 signifies the age of maturity (bar mitzvah) for boys.
According to the Torah, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy .
In modern day Wicca, thirteen is considered the maximum size of a coven, and in some traditions is the ideal number of members, and there are also 13 goals of a witch[1].
In Sikhism, the number thirteen( 13 )is a number devoted to the remembrance of God, therefore it is also considered lucky by people who practice the Sikh faith.
The 13th moon of Jupiter is Elara.
There are 13 zodiac constellations, which consist of the 12 signs in the astrological zodiac and Ophiuchus.
The number of Norse gods (there were 12) at a banquet that was crashed by the evil spirit Loki (making 13) who killed one of the guests with a poison arrow.
The number of steps, according to Egyptian lore, between life and death.
The number of original colonies the United States was founded from. The original flag had thirteen stars, one for each state. New stars have since been added whenever a new state joins the union, but the idea of adding stripes for new states was soon dropped, so the American flag to this day has thirteen horizontal stripes: six white ones and seven red ones.
Countless references in the award winning series A Series of Unfortunate Events. I finished reading A Series of Unfortunate Events Book the Thirteenth - The End by Lemony Snicket March 1, 2007. Click here to read my book review.
The number of loaves in a "baker's dozen" .
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