Hilchot Shekalim
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Hilchot Shekalim is the section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies the laws concerning the annual half-shekel contribution to the Temple and its related regulations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hilchot Shekalim canonical | 1 |
| Tractate Shekalim | 1 |
| machatzit ha-shekel | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hilchot Shekalim Context triple: [Sefer Zemanim, hasPart, Hilchot Shekalim]
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A.
Shabbat Shekalim
Shabbat Shekalim is a special Sabbath in the Jewish calendar on which a Torah portion about the half-shekel contribution to the Temple is read, marking the first of the four special Shabbatot before Passover.
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B.
Choshen Mishpat
Choshen Mishpat is the section of Jewish law that primarily deals with civil, financial, and monetary legal matters, including business ethics and judicial procedure.
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C.
Mishnah Bikkurim
Mishnah Bikkurim is a tractate of the Mishnah that outlines the laws and procedures surrounding the offering of first fruits in the Temple.
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D.
Terumat HaDeshen
Terumat HaDeshen is a 15th-century halakhic work by Rabbi Israel Isserlein, widely regarded as an authoritative source of Ashkenazic Jewish legal rulings and customs.
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E.
Maaser (tithes)
Maaser (tithes) is the biblical and rabbinic Jewish system of mandatory offerings—typically a tenth of one’s agricultural produce or income—designated for the Levites, the poor, and sacred purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hilchot Shekalim Target entity description: Hilchot Shekalim is the section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies the laws concerning the annual half-shekel contribution to the Temple and its related regulations.
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A.
Shabbat Shekalim
Shabbat Shekalim is a special Sabbath in the Jewish calendar on which a Torah portion about the half-shekel contribution to the Temple is read, marking the first of the four special Shabbatot before Passover.
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B.
Choshen Mishpat
Choshen Mishpat is the section of Jewish law that primarily deals with civil, financial, and monetary legal matters, including business ethics and judicial procedure.
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C.
Mishnah Bikkurim
Mishnah Bikkurim is a tractate of the Mishnah that outlines the laws and procedures surrounding the offering of first fruits in the Temple.
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D.
Terumat HaDeshen
Terumat HaDeshen is a 15th-century halakhic work by Rabbi Israel Isserlein, widely regarded as an authoritative source of Ashkenazic Jewish legal rulings and customs.
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E.
Maaser (tithes)
Maaser (tithes) is the biblical and rabbinic Jewish system of mandatory offerings—typically a tenth of one’s agricultural produce or income—designated for the Levites, the poor, and sacred purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halakhic code
ⓘ
section of Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| aim | systematic codification of laws of shekalim ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Temple treasury (lishkat ha-gazit and lishkat ha-shekalim)
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple treasury
communal responsibility for sacrifices ⓘ terumat ha-lishkah (appropriation from the chamber) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | commandment of machatzit ha-shekel (half-shekel) ⓘ |
| author |
Maimonides
ⓘ
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon ⓘ
linked to:
Maimonides
|
| basedOn |
Talmudic tractate Shekalim
ⓘ
Torah commandments about the half-shekel ⓘ |
| codifies |
laws of Temple treasury management
ⓘ
laws of announcements for shekel collection ⓘ laws of appropriation of communal funds ⓘ laws of collection of shekalim ⓘ laws of communal property dedicated to the Temple ⓘ laws of exemptions from the half-shekel ⓘ laws of handling lost or found shekalim ⓘ laws of public offerings purchased from shekalim ⓘ laws of sanctity of Temple funds ⓘ laws of shekel assessment and valuation ⓘ laws of surplus funds ⓘ laws of the annual half-shekel ⓘ laws of those obligated in the half-shekel ⓘ laws of timing of the collection ⓘ |
| genre | legal-religious text ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | authoritative halakhic code in many Jewish communities ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Book of Service (Sefer Avodah) of Mishneh Torah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sefer Avodah
|
| influencedBy |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Bavli
Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Yerushalmi
Midrash Halakha ⓘ
linked to:
Midrash halakha
|
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalTradition | Halakha ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Temple finances
ⓘ
half-shekel contribution ⓘ public sacrifices funding ⓘ |
| partOf | Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| presupposes | existence of a functioning Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | guide for application of shekalim laws ⓘ |
| religiousLawFor |
Temple service
ⓘ
communal offerings in the Temple ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | part of normative halakhic literature ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | rabbinic commentaries ⓘ |
| timeFrameAddressed | period of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ |
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