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Which US half-dollar coin should be used for Zecher Machatzis Hashekel?
It is customary on Taanis Esther to give a coin (or three coins each) valued at half the local currency's standard unit to tzedakah in commemoration of the mitzvah of Machatzis Hashekel (Rema 694:1).
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Why are children given money on Purim?
There seems to be a minhag (or at least what appears to be a minhag) that children who deliver mishloach manos are given a small sum of money by the recepient.
Is this an actual minhag?
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Machtzis Hashekel WHEN
When are we supposed to give machtzis Hashekel exactly and Why is the custom to give machtzis hashekel before Purim?
