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ASAP ~ 1/2 shekel ?



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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 19 2014, 1:49 pm
how much is 1/2 shekel in american monies ?

please & thank you
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 19 2014, 2:02 pm
guess I have to write asap in the title ... anybody ???
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tigerwife




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 19 2014, 2:05 pm
Right now, around 15 cents. Shekel to dollar rate is $0.29.
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e1234




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 19 2014, 2:06 pm
around 15 cents
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Mar 19 2014, 2:14 pm
okay thanx ... just got three 1/2 shekels from israel & I wanted to get the monies to pay the guy before he came ...
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imasoftov




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Mar 20 2014, 2:57 am
The Israeli currency or the amount you should give for machatzit hashekel (some people give three times that)? They announced in my shul before the megillah that a biblical half shekel was worth about 25 of today's shekels due to the price of silver (up from last year) but I didn't check the math.

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hila




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Mar 20 2014, 3:29 am
And the dollar exchange rate is 3.4620 sh

So 25sh is 25/3.4620 = 7.22 $

so 3 * 1/2 sh is $21.66
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sped




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Mar 20 2014, 4:50 am
DH said the minhag is to give 1 and a half of the local currency. In Israel it's 1.5 shekal; in the US it's $1.50.
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abaker




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Mar 20 2014, 8:42 am
don't want to take over the thread...but does anyone know if my dh "forgot" to give the 3 half shekels on tanis esther....is it too late to do it after?

remind me why we give them? I really forget embarrassed
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