Finance system principle

Half-shekel

Everyone who enters the calculus must give half the shekel, the shekel of the sacred; In a shekel twenty ger: a half-shekel offering to the Lord; (Ex.30:13)

In biblical times there was a coin in half a shekel and such a tax should be given to the Jews to the temple.
By the way, this was the way of the population census, because everything was given to the church.

Today, Israel is trying to keep history, even in small things, because in the course of a coin in half a shekel. There is not written 50 logs, as is usually written in all countries, namely 1/2 shekel.

On the reverse side, as on all coins - a picture that was found on old coins. In this case it is a musical instrument similar to our harp. Perhaps this was played by David. But we do not know exactly what instrument David played on.

The instrument on which David played was called in Hebrew כינור - film. Today the word denotes the violin, but David did not play the violin. David played on one of the ancient stringed instruments unknown to us.

The principle of the finance system

Problems arise when people perceive talent, mine, SHEKEL (or as Bible says - Sikl), geru as types of currencies, here comes confusion. We do not have currencies: the ruble, a penny, a chervonet, a nickle, a hryvenek and ...

We have

• ruble is the currency,
• a penny is a small change,
• chervonets, nickle, grivenik ... - the name of coins, banknotes.

There are many more names, such as "lemon", which means "million", etc.

Similarly, in Israel

• Shekel is a currency,
• The ger is a small change,
• talent, mine - the weight of coins.

In Greece the currency is drachma, in Rome - denarius. The rest is a change of coins and the weight of coins.