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Parshat Shekalim

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Parshat Shekalim: (lit. "portion of shekels"); Torah portion concerning the mitzvah of the half-shekel, read on the Shabbat before the month of Adar
On the Shabbat preceding the month of Adar we read the Torah portion of shekalim – the giving of the half shekel.
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