Shekalim (Tractate)
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 Ancient shekel coinc.66-67 CE, of thetype used during the First Jewish Revoltagainst Rome. | |
| Tractateof theTalmud | |
|---|---|
| Seder: | Moed |
| Number ofMishnahs: | 52 |
| Chapters: | 8 |
| Jerusalem Talmudpages: | 33 |
| Toseftachapters: | 3 |
Shekalimis the fourth tractate in the order ofMoedin theMishnah.Its main subject is thehalf-shekel taxthat ancient Jews paid every year to make possible the maintenance and proper functioning of theTemple in Jerusalem.There is noGemaraabout the treatise in theBabylonian Talmud,but there is one in theJerusalem Talmud,and the latter is often printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud.[1][2]
Chapters[edit]
There are eight chapters in this tractate, as follows:[3]
- בְּאֶחָד בַּאֲדָר (Be'echad Ba'adar) --- This chapter is concerned with dates of the payment of the tax and who would pay it. The tax was collected throughout the month ofAdar.Women, slaves, and minors were not required to pay the tax but could do so if they wished;pagansandSamaritanswere not allowed to pay at all.[4]
- מְצָרְפִין שְׁקָלִים (Metzrfin Shekalim)
- בִּשְׁלשָׁה פְּרָקִים (Bishlosha Perakim)
- הַתְּרוּמָה (Haterumah)
- אֵלּוּ הֵן הַמְמֻנִּין (Elu Hen Hamemunin)
- שְלשָׁה עָשָר שוֹפָרוֹת (Shloshah Asar Shofarot)
- מָעוֹת שֶׁנִּמְצְאוּ (Ma'ot Shenimtze'u)
- כָּל הָרֻקִּין (Kol Harukin)
References[edit]
- ^"Introduction to Tractate Shekalim - Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem".Learn.conservativeyeshiva.org.Retrieved2018-06-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Shekalim".jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^"Shekalim".jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
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Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906)."SHEḲALIM".The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.