# Half-shekel (Jewish rite)

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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.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005006626

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