DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Monday, April 30, 2012

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Iyar 8, 5772 · April 30, 2012
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"

Positive Commandment 171
Giving a Half Shekel

"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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