Halakhah for Bekhorot 8:7

חָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים שֶׁל בֵּן, בְּמָנֶה צוֹרִי. שְׁלשִׁים שֶׁל עֶבֶד, וַחֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁל אוֹנֵס וְשֶׁל מְפַתֶּה, וּמֵאָה שֶׁל מוֹצִיא שֵׁם רָע, כֻּלָּם בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ, בְּמָנֶה צוֹרִי. וְכֻלָּן נִפְדִּין בְּכֶסֶף, וּבְשָׁוֶה כֶסֶף, חוּץ מִן הַשְּׁקָלִים:

The five <i>selaim</i> of his son, are [denominated] in Tyrean <i>maneh</i> [coins], the thirty of the slave, the fifty of the raper and seducer or the hundred of the slanderer are all in the Shekel of the Temple [as calculated by reference to] Tyrean <i>maneh</i>. And [items that can be redeemed] are all redeemed [either] with money or with something that has monetary value, except for <i>shekalim</i> [i.e., the yearly half-shekel obligation to the Temple].

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