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A two-shekel weight recently recovered near the temple area in Jerusalem and dated to the period of the First Temple weighs 23 grams, [8] giving a weight of 11.5 grams per shekel in Israel during the monarchy. When used to pay labourers, recorded wages in the ancient world range widely.
In 2022, the Bank of Israel announced a new series of coins featuring updated inscriptions for its coins, with "new shekels" replacing "new sheqalim". The 5 and 10 new shekel coins will be the first to feature the new inscriptions, and the 10 agorot and 1 ⁄ 2 new shekel coins will feature its unit names rendered in Arabic. [20]
The Shekel sign, however, is not engraved on most keyboards sold in Israel and the sign is rarely used in day-to-day typing. On systems with the Hebrew keyboard layout set, it can be typed on modern [a] Microsoft Windows, desktop Linux and ChromeOS by using AltGr+4. (⇧ Shift+4 makes the dollar sign and AltGr+A is used to type shva.)
[2] This is what each one who is registered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs ), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. — Exodus 30:13 NRSV
The old Israeli shekel, then known as the shekel (Hebrew: שקל, formally sheqel, pl. שקלים, Sheqalim; Arabic: شيكل, šēkal, formerly Arabic: شيقل, šēqal until 2014; code ILR), was the currency of the State of Israel between 24 February 1980 and 31 December 1985.
Israeli currency may refer to these items: . Israeli new shekel, used from 1985 to the present; Old Israeli shekel, used from 1980 to 1985; Israeli pound, used from 1948 to 1980
The 5G package will include 1,000 gigabits of data for 54.90 shekels ($15) a month. Pelephone currently has more than 1.2 million 5G customers, representing 53% of the company's postpaid ...
Obverse: "Half Shekel Year 2". Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy". Bronze prutah eighth of a shekel of year 4 (69–70 CE) issued during the First Jewish Revolt. First Jewish Revolt coinage was issued by the Jews after the Zealots captured Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple from the Romans in 66 CE at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt.