Tag: Shabbat Shekalim
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The Geometry of Wholeness
In a world that prizes the “finished” individual, the Torah offers a provocative alternative: the half-shekel. By requiring a contribution that is intentionally incomplete, the mitzvah suggests that we cannot arrive before the Divine entirely on our own. Rabbi Adrian explores how our modern obsession with self-reliance can lead to isolation, and why the “grammar…
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A place of hope and unity
Chaverim,There are a number of Shabbatot throughout the Jewish calendar that have special names. The most familiar of these is probably Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat of Return, which takes place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These special Shabbatot each serve a purpose, some historical, some still relevant today. On Friday evening begins Shabbat Shekalim, the Shabbat of…
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Shabbat Shekalim
Shabbat Shekalim (“Sabbath [of] shekels”) takes place on the Shabbat before the 1st of the Hebrew calendar month of Adar, and is one of the four 4 special Shabbatot surrounding Purim and Passover to help us prepare physically and spiritually for those holidays. Traditionally every adult Jew was requested to contribute a half of a…
