Tag Archive for: Purim
![Silver half-shekel coin with tripe-pomegranate cluster motive](https://tmsifting.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/halfs-logo-440.png)
Giving our Half-Shekel
It's that time of year for giving the traditional charity reminiscent of the half-shekel donation to the Temple. Here's a little calculation of how serious that seemingly simple donation actually was! And some ideas for how to make your own half-shekel donation meaningful.
![A stone die, the first that was found in the sifting project.](https://tmsifting.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/A-stone-die-the-first-that-was-found-in-the-sifting-project.-440.png)
Will you be Lucky Enough to Find the next Pur?
The lockdown is over and we're back to sifting! We're of course practicing Covid-19 precautions, with groups of up to 20 (We’re currently looking into allocating separate hours during which we’ll be able to accommodate larger groups, in…