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− | <p>Commentators disagree over the circumstances which mandate the donations described in Shemot 30:12-16.</p> | + | <p>Commentators disagree over the circumstances which mandate the donations described in Shemot 30:12-16. Rashi appears to maintain that the census is the determining factor; since a headcount is forbidden, Hashem commanded to instead give and count half-shekels in order to obtain the population totals. In contrast, R. Saadia posits that there is an annual obligation to give a half-shekel to support the Mishkan/Mikdash, but no need to give during a census. Other exegetes, such as the Minchah Belulah and the Vilna Gaon suggest that there are multiple factors at work, and each of a census and the maintenance needs of the Mishkan/Mikdash require a collection.</p> |
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<multilink><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-12">Chizkuni</aht><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-16">Shemot 30:16</aht><aht parshan="Chizkuni">About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach</aht></multilink>, | <multilink><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-12">Chizkuni</aht><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht source="ChizkuniShemot30-16">Shemot 30:16</aht><aht parshan="Chizkuni">About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach</aht></multilink>, | ||
+ | <multilink><aht source="AbarbanelShemot30Q">Abarbanel</aht><aht source="AbarbanelShemot30Q">Shemot 30 Questions 1-4</aht><aht source="AbarbanelShemot30-11">Abarbanel Shemot 30:11-14</aht><aht source="AbarbanelShemot30-15">Abarbanel Shemot 30:15</aht><aht source="AbarbanelBemidbar1-2">Abarbanel Bemidbar 1:2</aht><aht parshan="Abarbanel">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</aht></multilink>, | ||
<multilink><aht source="MinchahShemot30-13">Minchah Belulah</aht><aht source="MinchahShemot30-13">Shemot 30:13</aht><aht parshan="Minchah Belulah">About R. Avraham Rappo of Porto</aht></multilink>, | <multilink><aht source="MinchahShemot30-13">Minchah Belulah</aht><aht source="MinchahShemot30-13">Shemot 30:13</aht><aht parshan="Minchah Belulah">About R. Avraham Rappo of Porto</aht></multilink>, | ||
<multilink><aht source="GraShemot30-11">Vilna Gaon (GR"A)</aht><aht source="GraShemot30-11">Aderet Eliyahu Shemot 30:11</aht><aht parshan="Vilna Gaon">About R. Eliyahu Kramer</aht></multilink>, | <multilink><aht source="GraShemot30-11">Vilna Gaon (GR"A)</aht><aht source="GraShemot30-11">Aderet Eliyahu Shemot 30:11</aht><aht parshan="Vilna Gaon">About R. Eliyahu Kramer</aht></multilink>, | ||
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<multilink><aht source="RambanShemot30-12">Ramban</aht><aht source="RambanShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht source="RambanBemidbar1-3">Bemidbar 1:3</aht><aht source="RambanBemidbar16-21">Bemidbar 16:21</aht><aht parshan="Ramban">About R. Moshe Nachmanides</aht></multilink>, | <multilink><aht source="RambanShemot30-12">Ramban</aht><aht source="RambanShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht source="RambanBemidbar1-3">Bemidbar 1:3</aht><aht source="RambanBemidbar16-21">Bemidbar 16:21</aht><aht parshan="Ramban">About R. Moshe Nachmanides</aht></multilink>, | ||
<multilink><aht source="Akeidat52Q">Akeidat Yitzchak</aht><aht source="Akeidat52Q">Shemot #52 Questions 1-4</aht><aht parshan="Akeidat Yitzchak">About R. Yitzchak Arama</aht></multilink>, | <multilink><aht source="Akeidat52Q">Akeidat Yitzchak</aht><aht source="Akeidat52Q">Shemot #52 Questions 1-4</aht><aht parshan="Akeidat Yitzchak">About R. Yitzchak Arama</aht></multilink>, | ||
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<multilink><aht source="CassutoShemot30-12">U. Cassuto</aht><aht source="CassutoShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht parshan="Umberto Cassuto">About U. Cassuto</aht></multilink> | <multilink><aht source="CassutoShemot30-12">U. Cassuto</aht><aht source="CassutoShemot30-12">Shemot 30:12</aht><aht parshan="Umberto Cassuto">About U. Cassuto</aht></multilink> | ||
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Version as of 06:34, 12 February 2014
Half Shekels – For Census or Tabernacle?
Exegetical Approaches
Overview
Commentators disagree over the circumstances which mandate the donations described in Shemot 30:12-16. Rashi appears to maintain that the census is the determining factor; since a headcount is forbidden, Hashem commanded to instead give and count half-shekels in order to obtain the population totals. In contrast, R. Saadia posits that there is an annual obligation to give a half-shekel to support the Mishkan/Mikdash, but no need to give during a census. Other exegetes, such as the Minchah Belulah and the Vilna Gaon suggest that there are multiple factors at work, and each of a census and the maintenance needs of the Mishkan/Mikdash require a collection.