Vol 16.43 - Tisa 1

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Summary

(5734) Rashi (Ex.30:13): "He (G-d) showed him the likeness of a coin made of fire whose weight was half a shekel and said to him, "Like this shall they give" (Tal. Yerushami Shekalim 1:4) - The reason that G-d had to show Moshe a coin of fire;

Explanation of Tosafot (Tal. Chulin 42a) That Moshe wondered "what could a person give to atone for his soul";

The precision of Rashi's wording (on Torah ibid): "a coin made of fire whose weight was half a shekel" - connection "fire" with "weight"