شکالیم — رامبام

شکالیم

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מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה מִן הַתּוֹרָה לִתֵּן כָּל אִישׁ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה. אֲפִלּוּ עָנִי הַמִּתְפַּרְנֵס מִן הַצְּדָקָה חַיָּב. וְשׁוֹאֵל מֵאֲחֵרִים אוֹ מוֹכֵר כְּסוּת שֶׁעַל כְּתֵפוֹ וְנוֹתֵן מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל כֶּסֶף שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות ל טו) "הֶעָשִׁיר לֹא יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט" וְגוֹ'. וְאֵינוֹ נוֹתְנוֹ בִּפְעָמִים רַבּוֹת הַיּוֹם מְעַט וּלְמָחָר מְעַט אֶלָּא נוֹתְנוֹ כֻּלּוֹ כְּאַחַת בְּפַעַם אַחַת:It is a positive commandment from the Torah (Positive Commandment 171) and Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 105) count this as one of the Torah's 613 mitzvot. that every adult Jewish male. (See Halachah 7.) give a half Vol. III, Parashat Ki Tissa).-shekel each and every year. states that this teaches that one may not give several shekalim in one year to fulfill the mitzvah for many future years. Even a poor man who derives his livelihood from charity is obligated [to make this donation]. He should borrow from others or sell the clothes 4:12, which also mentions that one should sell one's clothes to perform the mitzvah mentioned there.) he is wearing so that he can give a half-shekel of silver, as [Exodus 30:15] states: "The rich shall not give more, (General Principle 8), where the Rambam explains that the use of negative terminology by the Torah - e.g., לא, "Do not..." - does not always imply that the subject should be considered a separate negative commandment. For example, concerning a Hebrew maidservant, Exodus 21:7 states, "She shall not go out [to freedom] as the slaves go out."The Rambam explains that this is not a negative commandment, but a narrative verse introducing the concept. Similarly, the commentaries explain that the verse under discussion is not a negative commandment, but rather a description of how the half-shekel is given (Nimukei Mahari). nor should the poor give less."[The half-shekel] should not be given in several partial payments - today a portion, tomorrow a portion. Instead, it is to be given all at once.

מִנְיַן כֶּסֶף הָאָמוּר בַּתּוֹרָה בְּאוֹנֵס וּבִמְפַתֶּה וּבְמוֹצִיא שֵׁם רַע וְהוֹרֵג עֶבֶד הוּא כֶּסֶף הוּא שֶׁקֶל הַנֶּאֱמָר בְּכָל מָקוֹם בַּתּוֹרָה. וּמִשְׁקָלוֹ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְעֶשְׂרִים שְׂעוֹרָה. וּכְבָר הוֹסִיפוּ חֲכָמִים עָלָיו וְעָשׂוּ מִשְׁקָלוֹ כְּמִשְׁקַל הַמַּטְבֵּעַ הַנִּקְרָא סֶלַע בִּזְמַן בַּיִת שֵׁנִי. וְכַמָּה הוּא מִשְׁקַל הַסֶּלַע שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְאַרְבַּע וּשְׁמוֹנִים שְׂעוֹרָה בֵּינוֹנִית:The sum of money mentioned in the Torah concerning [the fines paid by] a rapist, a seducer, a slanderer, or a slave killed [by an ox] is [calculated] in shekalim, a coin [of equal value] whenever mentioned in the Torah. Its weight is 320 barley corns [of pure silver]. 8:8), where the Rambam describes the traditional measures for this figure in detail. According to the figures he gives, in modern measure, a shekel of the Torah is 16 grams of pure silver.The Sages increased its value and made it equivalent to the coin called a sela, [which was prevalent] during the Second Temple period. How much did a sela weigh? 384 average size barley corns [of pure silver]. ceremony. Thus a shekel is 19.2 grams. According to the Piskei Siddur of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi a shekel is 20.4 grams.

הַסֶּלַע אַרְבָּעָה דִּינָרִין וְהַדִּינָר שֵׁשׁ מָעִין. וּמָעָה הִיא הַנִּקְרֵאת בִּימֵי משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ גֵּרָה. וּמָעָה הִיא שְׁנֵי פּוּנְדְיוֹנִין וּפוּנְדְיוֹן שְׁנֵי אִיסָרִין. וּפְרוּטָה אַחַת מִשְּׁמוֹנָה בְּאִיסָר. נִמְצָא מִשְׁקַל הַמָּעָה וְהִיא הַגֵּרָה שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שְׂעוֹרוֹת. וּמִשְׁקַל הָאִיסָר אַרְבַּע שְׂעוֹרוֹת. וּמִשְׁקַל הַפְּרוּטָה חֲצִי שְׂעוֹרָה:A sela is four dinarim, a dinar is six ma'ah and a ma'ah was called a gerah in the time of Moses our teacher.. Thus, in Talmudic times, the Sages increased the shekel's worth by one fifth, making the old value five sixths of the new total. A ma'ah equals two poondionin, and a poondion is equal to two isarin. A prutah worth is not considered as a significant financial amount. is worth an eighth of an [Italian] isar.Thus, the weight of a ma'ah - and a gerah - is sixteen barley corns [of silver]; the weight of an isar is four barley corns; and the weight of a prutah is half a barley corn.

וְעוֹד מַטְבֵּעַ אַחֵר הָיָה שָׁם שֶׁהָיָה מִשְׁקָלוֹ שְׁתֵּי סְלָעִים וְהוּא הָיָה נִקְרָא דַּרְכּוֹן. וְאֵלּוּ הַמַּטְבְּעוֹת כֻּלָּן שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ וּבֵאַרְנוּ מִשְׁקַל כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶן הֵן שֶׁמְּשַׁעֲרִין בָּהֶן בְּכָל מָקוֹם. וּכְבָר בֵּאַרְנוּם כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא אֶהְיֶה צָרִיךְ לְפָרֵשׁ מִשְׁקָלָם בְּכָל מָקוֹם:[At that time,] there was also another coin that was worth two selaim; it was called a darcon. 2:1, the Rambam mentions darconim of gold, which, though smaller, were equal in value to the silver coins mentioned here.These coins whose weights we have listed and explained are used universally as standard measures. We have described them so that we will not have to describe their weight at all times.

מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל זוֹ מִצְוָתָהּ שֶׁיִּתֵּן מַחֲצִית מַטְבֵּעַ שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ הַזְּמַן אֲפִלּוּ הָיָה אוֹתוֹ מַטְבֵּעַ גָּדוֹל מִשֶּׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ. וּלְעוֹלָם אֵינוֹ שׁוֹקֵל פָּחוֹת מֵחֲצִי הַשֶּׁקֶל שֶׁהָיָה בִּימֵי משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ שֶׁהוּא מִשְׁקָלוֹ מֵאָה וְשִׁשִּׁים שְׂעוֹרָה:The mitzvah of giving the half-shekel entails giving half of the coin that is [common] currency at the time in question, even if that coin is larger than the shekel used for the sanctuary. [The converse, however, does not apply.] Never should one give less than the half-shekel 2:4) relates that, at one time, the dinar was the common currency in Eretz Yisrael, and the people proposed giving half a dinar instead of a half-shekel. The Sages, however, did not accept this proposal, since it entailed giving less than the half-shekel given at the time of Moses. that was given in the time of Moses our teacher, which weighed 160 barley corns [of silver].

Mishneh Torah, Sheqel Dues.1