Halachic Silver Rates

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MeasureCurrent Value
Value of a Perutah22.05 Agorot
Perutot in a 10 NIS coin45 Perutot
Five Sela'im — 101g pure silver (Chazon Ish)891 NIS
Five Sela'im — 96g pure silver847 NIS
Silver per gram (wholesale)6.44 NIS
Silver per gram (retail)8.82 NIS
Ketubah 200 Zuz (Ashkenazi)8,469 NIS
Ketubah 200 Zuz (Sephardi)1,059 NIS
Half-Shekel without VAT62 NIS
Half-Shekel with VAT74 NIS

What is a Perutah?

A Perutah is the smallest Halachic monetary unit, valued at 1/40th of a gram of pure silver.

Pidyon HaBen Rates

Five Sela'im equals 96g (Rav Chaim Naeh) or 101g (Chazon Ish) of pure silver.

Wholesale vs Retail

Halachic calculations often distinguish between wholesale and retail silver rates.

Machatzit HaShekel

The commemorative Half-Shekel equals 9.6 grams of pure silver.

It is proper to add slightly above the stated sum