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Reluctance to Give Half a Sheqel (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The Gemara of Meghillah explains that on the first of Adar it is announced that we must donate Sheqalim to the...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012/Shebat 21, 5772
When to give the half Sheqel (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The giving of the Mahasith Hasheqel (charity in memory of the half Sheqel), is done on the eve of Purim, before...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011/Adar B 2, 5771
Ki Thissa: Why give half a Sheqel? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
What is the reason for the Mahazith Hasheqel (half Sheqel)? The Rishonim explain that it is to teach us unity....
Thursday, February 17, 2011/Adar A 13, 5771