Financial controls and audits are important. In fact, the Torah seems to require them. When there was a mikdash, shekalim were collected annually from all Jewish communities to fund public offerings. Two boxes (תיבות) would be set up wherever Jews lived: one for this year’s shekalim and the second for any shekalim still owed from the previous year.
Shekalim, Financial Controls, and Mosdos HaTorah
Shekalim, Financial Controls, and Mosdos…
Shekalim, Financial Controls, and Mosdos HaTorah
Financial controls and audits are important. In fact, the Torah seems to require them. When there was a mikdash, shekalim were collected annually from all Jewish communities to fund public offerings. Two boxes (תיבות) would be set up wherever Jews lived: one for this year’s shekalim and the second for any shekalim still owed from the previous year.