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"דף ק''ז .."שלוש עשרה הקופות
Page 107 Mesectas Menachois
"13 Collection Boxes"
There were 13 Collection boxes, called "shofaros" because the shape of the box resembled somewhat of a shofar, in the Temple.
תקלין חדתין (New Shekalim) was written on one collection box, these were coins that people offered as "machtzis ha'shekel."
תקלין עתיקין (Old Shekalim) was written on another collection box, these coins were the "machtzis ha'shekel" that people offered the year before but for some reason were late in their donations.
קנין was written on another box, these coins used to buy mature birds.
גוזלי עולה was written on an other one, these coins were used to buy young birds.
עצים ... this box was used for the coins that went toward buying wood for the alter.
לבונה this box contained coins that were used to buy the "korban levoineh"
זהב לכפרת this box contained gold used for utensils ..
The remaining six were for donative offerings.
Why was it necessary to have six boxes for donative offerings?
The rabbis differ on the reason ...
R' Chizkeyeh suggests that these boxes were designated for the six paternal houses of the kohanim.
The kohanim were divided into 24 groups called "mishmarois" or "watchers," each of which served in the Temple for a week at a time on a rotating basis. Each mishmar, in turn, was divided into 6 batei avos, paternal houses, one for each day of the week, besides Shabbos, when all would serve together.
R' Yochanan on the other hand, postulates that they needed 6 different boxes because if all coins were all placed in one box, the coins would get rusty.
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