Shabbat Shekalim

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Shabbat Shekalim is a special Sabbath in the Jewish calendar on which a Torah portion about the half-shekel contribution to the Temple is read, marking the first of the four special Shabbatot before Passover.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday observance
special Shabbat
associatedWithMonth Adar NERFINISHED
Adar II NERFINISHED
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar NERFINISHED
category Jewish holidays related to the Temple in Jerusalem
Shabbat in Judaism
commandmentSource Torah commandment of machatzit ha-shekel
commemorates annual census-like contribution
collection of half-shekel tax
follows regular weekly Shabbat cycle
halachicCategory minhag Yisrael
hasHaftarah II Kings 12:1–17
hasHaftarahTheme Temple repairs
hasNameMeaning Sabbath of Shekels
hasRitualFocus communal offerings
public sacrifices
hasTheme Temple maintenance funding
communal responsibility
half-shekel contribution
hasTorahReading Exodus 30:11–16
historicalContext Temple period in Jerusalem
isDiscussedIn Mishnah Berurah NERFINISHED
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim NERFINISHED
isMentionedIn Talmud NERFINISHED
halachic codes
isOneOf four special Shabbatot before Passover
languageOfName Hebrew
liturgicalPractice additional Torah scroll is taken out
special haftarah reading
special maftir reading
marks beginning of Four Parshiyot
observedBy Jews NERFINISHED
observedIn synagogue
occursBefore Rosh Chodesh Adar NERFINISHED
occursOn Shabbat NERFINISHED
partOf Four Parshiyot NERFINISHED
Jewish liturgical calendar NERFINISHED
precedes Passover NERFINISHED
relatedTo Shabbat HaChodesh NERFINISHED
Shabbat Parah NERFINISHED
Shabbat Zachor NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Judaism
remembers Temple service funding cycle
timingRule Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar
if Rosh Chodesh Adar is Shabbat, that Shabbat is Shabbat Shekalim
in leap years associated with Adar II

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