Tell Yahudiyeh Black Burnished Terracotta Juglet Many Jews traditionally donate 10%

Many Jews traditionally donate 10% of their income through "ma'sar kesafim" and make special contributions during significant events

This practice prevents ritual impurity and protects the fragile parchment

AREA OF CIRCULATION These coins circulated far beyond the frontiers of Judea

During the rule of John Hyrcanus II (63-40 BCE)

Tell Yahudiyeh Black Burnished Terracotta Juglet Many Jews traditionally donate 10%Leontopolis (Egyptian: Ney ta hut) is the Greek name for the modern site of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el Yahudiya (Egyptian Arabic: Jewish Mound). This ancient city was located in Lower Egypt's 13th nome, along the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, and is known for its distinctive pottery, Tell el Yahudiyeh Ware. In the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (180145 BC), the exiled Jewish priest Onias IV founded a temple modeled after Jerusalems. The Hebrew colony