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Feb 22, 2016 · A gerah Hebrew "גרה" is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, equivalent to one-twentieth of a shekel, a shekel being 180 barleycorns or 60 carob divided by 20 = 3 carob. This is 0.568 grams.
Maimonides writes (Laws of Shekalim 1:5) that the half shekel mentioned in the Torah – the annual contribution every Jew was required to give to the Temple coffers – is equal to 160 grains of barley, which, in modern measurements, would be approximately eight grams of silver.
The current value of the biblical half shekel is $10.00. All half shekel donations made to the Temple Institute will go toward the physical, spiritual and educational preparations necessary for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple!
Jan 4, 2022 · Based on a price of 46.43 USD per gram, the approximate value of a sanctuary shekel would be $557.16, in today’s market. An important distinction is that the standard shekel and the sanctuary shekel were two different weights.
Then, to let us know the worth of a half-shekel, it explains that a whole shekel (by the standards of the Sanctuary) is twenty gerahs; and we must give half — ten gerahs — as an offering to G‑d.
Hence, one assarion (worth 2.5 gerahs) would buy only 2 birds, while two assaria (worth 5 gerahs) would buy 5 birds. Having reviewed the information defining the New Testament coins, we now need to review the examples of the little known 5 SHEKEL weight.
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Detailed information about the coin ½ New Sheqel, Israel, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
