Biblical/Talmudic Currency and Weight Definitions

Economics

Laws for which a perutah's value is significant

Honest weights and measures

Currencies and Commodities

The type of currency implied by the terms "Kesef" and "Set [Katzuv] Kesef" in the Torah and in Rabbinic sources: Kiddushin 11a-b

Defining an "Asimon": Bava Metzia 47b

Defining a "Dinar" of silver or gold: Bava Metzia 44b

Defining a "Hadris": Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Hanetz": Kiddushin 12a

Defining an "Isar": Kiddushin 12a, Bava Metzia 44b

Defining an "Isar ha'Italki": Kiddushin 12a, Bava Metzia 44b

Defining an "Istira": Ketuvot 64a; Kiddushin 11b

Defining a "Kuntrank": Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Maah": Ketuvot 64a; Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Maneh": Bechorot 5a-b

Defining a "Mismis": Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Perutah": Kiddushin 2a, 12a; Bava Metzia 44b

Defining a "Pundyon": Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Ragya": Bechorot 11a

Defining a "Shamin": Kiddushin 12a

Defining a "Tropik": Ketuvot 64a

Defining a "Zuz": Ketuvot 64a; Kiddushin 11b

"Zuzei peshiti" vs "Zuzei": Ketuvot 65b, 67a

"Zuzei siyanki": Ketuvot 67b

The value of a Sela, in terms of what it would purchase vis-a-vis animals brought as offerings: Keritot 10b

The "maneh" used for sacred matters was double the "maneh" used for mundane matters: Bechorot 5a-b

A change in the value of currencies in the time of Yechezkel: Bechorot 5b

Rules governing changing the value of currencies: Bechorot 5b

The weight of a sela in Yehudah, which is double its weight in Galil: Ketuvot 59a



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