Half-shekel (Jewish rite)
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on the historic Jewish practice of paying a tax of a half-shekel annually for the maintenance of the Temple of Jerusalem and census purposes, as well as the current commemorative practice of making a charitable donation on the afternoon before the Purim holiday.
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Names and connections
Half a shekel (Jewish rite); Half of shekel (Jewish rite); Machatzit hashekel (Jewish rite); Maḥatsit ha-sheḳel (Jewish rite)
- Broader: Judaism--Customs and practices
- Broader: Taxation (Jewish law)
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
Local answer status
No owner-reviewed answer has been published for this exact subject page. This is a gap in this collection; it does not establish that the answer is unavailable elsewhere.
Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 9223517474752964128 · morton4x16-v1
Coordinates: (0, 478, 2020, 34816). The address interleaves categorical identifier bits. Nearby addresses are not guaranteed to describe semantically similar subjects.
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