Halachic Silver Rates

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MeasureCurrent Value
Value of a Perutah24.80 Agorot
Perutot in a 10 NIS coin40 Perutot
Five Sela'im — 101g pure silver (Chazon Ish)1,003 NIS
Five Sela'im — 96g pure silver953 NIS
Silver per gram (wholesale)7.25 NIS
Silver per gram (retail)9.92 NIS
Ketubah 200 Zuz (Ashkenazi)9,525 NIS
Ketubah 200 Zuz (Sephardi)1,191 NIS
Half-Shekel without VAT70 NIS
Half-Shekel with VAT83 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