On this page we present various
teachings
about the Holy Half-Shekel from many different sources.
Responsum of HaRav Yisrael Ariel
Unaccredited Teaching
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs
by Dr J. H. Hertz
On the Torah and Service
from
Beit Orot
(House of Lights) by HaRav Aharon Karliner
Various Teachings from Rebbe Shlomo Carlebach
The Half-Shekel Offering in Biblical and Post-Biblical Literature
by J. Liver,
Harvard Theological Review
Temple Dues and Currency in Ancient Palestine in the Light of Recent Discovered Coin-Hoards
by Leo Kadman,
Israel Numismatic Bulletin
One Hundred Ninety Years of Tyrian Shekels
by Yakov Meshorer,
Numismatics, Art History, Archaeology
Kiddushin 54a, Tosafot "Mo'alin"