WHAT’S IN A COIN?
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Rabbi Dunner presents a wonderful range of insights into Parshat Ki Tissa, including a unique take on the fascinating debate between the Rema and the Gra about the custom of giving a Machatzit Hashekel-style donation on Taanit Esther, and a dramatic story about the disappearance of the Ktav Sofer’s treasured Machatzit Hashekel at a meeting of distinguished rabbis.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) With all the talk of “deals” and “final phases,” it feels a world away from those days — only recently — when Israel felt... Read More