Halakhah for Kiddushin 22:6

אלא אי איתמר הכי איתמר אמר רב יהודה אמר רב אסי כל כסף קצוב האמור בתורה כסף צורי ושל דבריהם כסף מדינה

- But if stated, it was stated thus: Rab Judah said in R'Assi's name: Whenever a fixed sum of money is mentioned in the Torah, Tyrian coinage is meant; whereas the Rabbinical usage refers to provincial currency.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But no fixed sum is mentioned for kiddushin.');">¹⁶</span> Then what does he teach us? We have already learnt it: The five sela's mentioned in connection with a firstborn,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. XVIII, 15f: Nevertheless the firstborn of man thou shalt surely redeem . . for the money of five shekels. - 'Shekels' is the Biblical term for sela'.');">¹⁷</span>

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