"Then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to G‑d"—Exodus 30:12.
Every Jewish man is obligated to contribute annually a half a shekel [to the Temple coffers].
This biblical mitzvah only applies during the Temple Era.
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 59: Positive Commandment 171
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Daily Quote
It was evening and it was morning, the sixth day. And the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their host. And G‑d completed on the seventh day His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And G‑d blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it He rested from all His work which G‑d had created, to make . . .
–Genesis 1:31–2:3 (recited as a preface to the Friday night Kiddush)
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