 Ancient shekel coin c.66-67 CE, of the type used during the First Jewish Revolt against Rome. | |
| Tractate of the Talmud | |
|---|---|
| Seder: | Moed |
| Number of Mishnahs: | 52 |
| Chapters: | 8 |
| Jerusalem Talmud pages: | 33 |
| Tosefta chapters: | 3 |
Shekalim is the fourth tractate in the order of Moed in the Mishnah. Its main subject is the half-shekel tax that ancient Jews paid every year to make possible the maintenance and proper functioning of the Temple in Jerusalem. There is no Gemara about the treatise in the Babylonian Talmud, but there is one in the Jerusalem Talmud, and the latter is often printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud.[1][2]
