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# Some have the minhag to give it before Mincha of Taanit Ester. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 694:4 </ref> and some have the minhag to give it after mincha but before reading of the Megillah. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:3, Natai Gavreil (purim 26:1) in name of Siddur Yavetz and Luach Eretz Yisrael write that the minhag is to give it between mincha and maariv. Piskei Teshuvot (pg 119) writes that the minhag of Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv was to give at the night of the 15th before the megillah. Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #1) writes that if one didn’t give it before Purim one should give it before the reading of the Megillah. </ref> | # Some have the minhag to give it before Mincha of Taanit Ester. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 694:4 </ref> and some have the minhag to give it after mincha but before reading of the Megillah. <Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 694:3, Natai Gavreil (purim 26:1) in name of Siddur Yavetz and Luach Eretz Yisrael write that the minhag is to give it between mincha and maariv. Piskei Teshuvot (pg 119) writes that the minhag of Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv was to give at the night of the 15th before the megillah. Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #1) writes that if one didn’t give it before Purim one should give it before the reading of the Megillah. </ref> | ||
==What it’s called== | ==What it’s called== | ||
# One should make sure to call it Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel and not Machsit HaShekel <Ref>Darkei Moshe 694:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #1), Torat HaMoadim (pg 96), Zichronot Eliyahu (Shin #2), and Shalmei Todah (purim pg 270), however, Sh”t Divrei Yosef 52 is strict even regarding the language Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel. </ref> and some say it’s of no concern. <Ref>Sh”t Zecher Simcha 76 <ref> | # One should make sure to call it Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel and not Machsit HaShekel <Ref> Darkei Moshe 694:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #1), Torat HaMoadim (pg 96), Zichronot Eliyahu (Shin #2), and Shalmei Todah (purim pg 270), however, Sh”t Divrei Yosef 52 is strict even regarding the language Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel. </ref> and some say it’s of no concern. <Ref>Sh”t Zecher Simcha 76 </ref> | ||
==How much== | ==How much== | ||
# According to Sephardim, one should give three coins which are in total worth 9 grams of pure silver of the time. However, one also fulfills this obligation using other forms of money. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #2-3) </ref> If one is poor one may give a half of a modern shekel (for someone who lives in Israel). <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #4) </ref> | # According to Sephardim, one should give three coins which are in total worth 9 grams of pure silver of the time. However, one also fulfills this obligation using other forms of money. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #2-3) </ref> If one is poor one may give a half of a modern shekel (for someone who lives in Israel). <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #4) </ref> | ||
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## In Israel, one can use 3 half shekels <Ref>Rav Elyashiv quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 117) in name of the Sefer BaLaylah HaHu and in Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha (pg 19 note 16) </ref> but not a whole shekel and a half shekel. <Ref>Rav Elyashiv quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 117) </ref> | ## In Israel, one can use 3 half shekels <Ref>Rav Elyashiv quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 117) in name of the Sefer BaLaylah HaHu and in Yeme Mishteh VeSimcha (pg 19 note 16) </ref> but not a whole shekel and a half shekel. <Ref>Rav Elyashiv quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 117) </ref> | ||
## Some say it’s preferable to give both 3 half shekels and 3 half dollars (the old ones made from silver). <Ref>Rav Elyashiv in Halichot VeHanhagot (pg 22), Piskei Teshuvot 694:4 </ref> | ## Some say it’s preferable to give both 3 half shekels and 3 half dollars (the old ones made from silver). <Ref>Rav Elyashiv in Halichot VeHanhagot (pg 22), Piskei Teshuvot 694:4 </ref> | ||
==Who’s obligated== | ==Who’s obligated== | ||
# Some say one should give a Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel for anyone above Bar or Bat Mitzvah, but some say that one only needs to give for those above the age of 20. <ref> Rama 694:1 based on the Rav Ovadyah MeBartenura holds that one is only obligated from the age of 20. However, the Tosfot Yom Tov (Shekel perek 1) quotes many others who hold that one should give it from the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah. This dispute is quoted in Mishna Brurah 694:5. </ref> It’s preferable to follow the first opinion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #5) </ref> | # Some say one should give a Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel for anyone above Bar or Bat Mitzvah, but some say that one only needs to give for those above the age of 20. <ref> Rama 694:1 based on the Rav Ovadyah MeBartenura holds that one is only obligated from the age of 20. However, the Tosfot Yom Tov (Shekel perek 1) quotes many others who hold that one should give it from the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah. This dispute is quoted in Mishna Brurah 694:5. </ref> It’s preferable to follow the first opinion. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A Zecher LeMachsit HaShekel #5) </ref> | ||
