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  2. Shekel - Wikipedia

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    Shekel from the First Jewish–Roman War with the legend לגאלת ציון, "To the redemption of Zion", [13] in Paleo-Hebrew script, at the Rockefeller Archeological Museum During the Second Temple period , it was customary among Jews to annually offer the half-Shekel into the Temple treasury, for the upkeep and maintenance of the Temple ...

  3. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    To the somewhat simple system of distance, the Talmud adds a few more units, namely the double palm (Hebrew: חסיט, hasit), the pace (Hebrew: פסיעה, pesiah), the cord (Hebrew: חבל, hebel), the stadium (Hebrew: ריס, ris), the day's journey (Hebrew:דרך יום, derekh yom), and an undetermined quantity named the garmida (Hebrew ...

  4. Israeli new shekel - Wikipedia

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    Because lira (Hebrew: לִירָה) was a loanword from Latin, a debate emerged in the 1960s over the name of the Israeli currency due to its non-Hebrew origins. This resulted in a law ordering the Minister of Finance to change the name from lira to the Hebrew name shekel (Hebrew: שקל). The law allowed the minister to decide on the date for ...

  5. Mina (unit) - Wikipedia

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    At first, talents and shekels had not yet been introduced. By the time of Ur-Nammu (shortly before 2000 BCE), the mina had a value of 1 ⁄ 60 talent as well as 60 shekels . The weight of this mina is calculated at 1.25 pounds (0.57 kg), or 570 grams of silver (18 troy ounces).

  6. Israeli agora - Wikipedia

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    The name agora refers to the subunits of three distinct Israeli currencies.. This name was used for the first time in 1960, when the Israeli government decided to change the subdivision of the Israeli pound (Hebrew: לירה, lira) from 1,000 prutah to 100 agorot due to the currency's depreciation. [2]

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    Update: Big Lots says it reached a deal in late December to keep hundreds of U.S. stores open. Big Lots is preparing to close all of its stores, the bankrupt discount retailer said Thursday. The ...

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  9. Israeli pound - Wikipedia

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    The pound or lira (Hebrew: לירה ישראלית Lira Yisra'elit, Arabic: جنيه إسرائيلي Junayh ʾIsrāʾīlī; abbreviation: IL [1] in Latin, ל"י in Hebrew; code ILP) was the currency of the State of Israel from 9 June 1952 until 23 February 1980. The Israeli pound replaced the Palestine pound and was initially pegged at par to ...