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Half Shekels – For Census or Tabernacle?

Exegetical Approaches

COMING BY THE END OF THE DAY, IY"H!

For Census Only

Sources: RashiShemot 30:12-16Bemidbar 1:2Shemuel I 11:8Shemuel I 15:4About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki,

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Contribution to the Mishkan

Sources: R. Saadia GaonCommentary Shemot 30:11Cited by Ibn Ezra Shemot Long Commentary 30:12About R. Saadia Gaon,

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Combinations

Sources: ChizkuniShemot 30:12Shemot 30:16About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach, Minchah BelulahShemot 30:13About R. Avraham Rappo of Porto, Vilna Gaon (GR"A)Aderet Eliyahu Shemot 30:11About R. Eliyahu Kramer,

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Qumran 4Q159, JosephusAntiquities 3:8:2 (194-196)Antiquities 18:9:1 (312)About Josephus, Bavli MegillahMegillah 29bAbout the Bavli, RashbamShemot 30:12Shemot 35:1About R. Shemuel b. Meir, Ibn EzraShemot Long Commentary 30:12Shemot Long Commentary 30:16About R. Avraham ibn Ezra, RambanShemot 30:12Bemidbar 1:3Bemidbar 16:21About R. Moshe Nachmanides, Akeidat YitzchakShemot #52 Questions 1-4About R. Yitzchak Arama, AbarbanelShemot 30 Questions 1-4Abarbanel Shemot 30:11-14Abarbanel Shemot 30:15Abarbanel Bemidbar 1:2About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel, ShadalMishtadel Shemot 30:12Shemot 30:11About R. S.D. Luzzatto, MalbimShemot 30:12About R. Meir Leibush Weiser, Hoil MosheBemidbar 1:2About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi,