[Avodah] ir shel zahav

[Zev Sero]

On 1/06/2011 10:58 AM, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
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> _http://www.hashkafah.com/index.php?/topic/27336-defining-the-jerusalem-of-gold/_
> _http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2011/05/31/jerusalem-of-gold/_


What's the big deal?  What kind of mystery was this?  All one had to do
was open a gemara and look at Rashi, who translates it in Sotah as "atara
shel zahav, ve'ir shel zahav metzuyeret aleha".  Though in Shabbos he
says it's "kemo nushka", like a brooch, with a city drawn on it.

Also, 215 shekalim is not 10 pounds.  The common minhag is that the five
sela'im (ten shekalim) of pidyon haben are 96 grams, and that surely
includes a margin of error.  Thus 215 shekalim are not much more than
2 kg, or 4.5 lb.

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