The ‘half’ shekel answers: perfect Emunah obligates us to believe, despite these seeming difficulties, knowing that we only merit - in this world - to see ‘half the picture’.

This, concludes Rav Hirsch, is the message of the ‘half’ shekel: although your contribution is only part of the whole, symbolically ‘a half’, you are obliged to do your share, knowing that ...

8-year-old girl’s 2,000-year-old ‘half-shekel’ turns out to be museum souvenir Coin found in Halamish, initially believed to be minted just prior to the destruction of the Second Temple, is ...

(Israel Hayom via JNS) A 2,000-year-old silver half-shekel bearing the Hebrew inscription “Holy Jerusalem” has been discovered in the Judean desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed ...

May the lessons of the half shekel, the equal, infinite value of all human life, humility, and inter-dependence guide us today as we shape our collective future.

A silver half shekel coin of the third year of the Great Revolt against Rome, minted in Jerusalem in 69 CE. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Tal Rogovski) ...

A rare half-shekel coin dug up in the Ein Gedi nature reserve was inscribed with the words “The Holy Jerusalem” in Hebrew.

The half-shekel weight will be presented to the general public on Hanukka in Emek Tzurim National Park.

A rare half-shekel coin minted around 2,000 years ago was discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem, researchers said. Photo from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Recent excavations in ...

We are ten days into this Tractate and if I have learned anything, it is that the upkeep of the Temple was a community affair. Each man over twenty contributed a half-shekel to the community fund ...

A 2,000-year-old silver half-shekel bearing the Hebrew inscription “Holy Jerusalem” has been discovered in the Judean desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed.