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How much did Abraham pay Ephron for the Cave of Machpelah?
ReplyDeleteThe Midrash says 400 silver shekels in weight.
Each maneh (a unit) = 100 shekels.
A kikar weighs 43.2 kilograms of silver.
400 maneh = 17,280 kilograms of silver.
Each kilogram = 32 ounces (in Troy measurement).
32 ounces × 17,280 kilograms = 552,960 ounces of silver.
The current value of silver (today) is $30.9 per ounce.
552,960 ounces × $30.9 =
$17,086,464 or 63,903,375 shekels.
And I thought shtreimels and sheitels were expensive.
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