#673: Why A Fiery Shekel?
Rashi on Parashat Ki Tissa, Shemot/Exodus 30:13
זֶ֣ה ׀ יִתְּנ֗וּ כׇּל־הָעֹבֵר֙ עַל־הַפְּקֻדִ֔ים מַחֲצִ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים גֵּרָה֙ הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל מַחֲצִ֣ית הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל תְּרוּמָ֖ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃
This is what everyone who is entered in the records shall pay: a half-shekel by the sanctuary weight—twenty gerahs to…
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