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Machatzis HaShekel

Machatzis HaShekel

1720 CE1806 CE · Acharonim · Prossnitz

A student of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke of Nikolsburg, Shmuel Kelin served as rabbi of Boskovice, Moravia. He is primarily known for his supercommentary *Machatzis HaShekel* on the *Magen Avraham* commentary to the Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim. This influential work became a standard text for clarifying the Magen Avraham and is printed in most editions of the Mishnah Berurah.

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Prossnitz

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Studied in Prossnitz (Prostějov), a major Torah center in Moravia.

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Machatzis HaShekel

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