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The Temple tax (מחצית השקל, lit. ' half shekel ') was a tax paid by Israelites and Levites which went towards the upkeep of the Jewish Temple, as reported in the New Testament. [1] Traditionally, Kohanim (Jewish priests) were exempt from the tax.
The fiscus Iudaicus or fiscus Judaicus (Latin for 'Jewish tax') was a tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in AD 70. [2] The fiscus Iudaicus replaced the traditional half-shekel Temple tax which had been paid annually by Jews for the maintenance of the Temple in Jerusalem.
She even showed CBS News Chicago reporters proof of her tax payments. It’s been a long-standing issue for McElroy — one she thought she had cleared up in 2019.
Its main subject is the half-shekel tax that ancient Jews paid every year to make possible the maintenance and proper functioning of the Temple in Jerusalem. There is no Gemara about the treatise in the Babylonian Talmud, but there is one in the Jerusalem Talmud, and the latter is often printed in the editions of the Babylonian Talmud. [1] [2]
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council could approve a new budget with more than $230 million in tax increases before the end of the week. Before a fire alarm went off in the council ...
The Cook County Tax Assessor’s Office has reportedly miscalculated land values for over 4,400 homes. Chicago homeowner stunned after getting a notice that his property taxes skyrocketed from ...
The tax was imposed after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE in place of the levy (or Tithe) payable by Jews towards the upkeep of the Temple. The amount levied was two denarii , equivalent to the half of a shekel that observant Jews had previously paid for the upkeep of the Temple of Jerusalem.
There are roughly 68,000 homeless people in Chicago on any given night. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago voters have rejected a one-time real estate tax on properties over $1 million to pay for services ...