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Exodus 24:6 states:
> ויקח משה חצי הדם וישם באגנת, וחצי הדם זרק על המזבח.&rlm;
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>And Moses took half of the blood and placed it in buckets, and half of the blood he threw on the altar.
Rashi on Exodus 24:6:1 explains:
> מי חלקו? מלאך בא וחלקו.&rlm;
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>Who divided it? An angel came and divided it.
We derive a Gezeirah Shavah of חצי חצי to מחצית השקל; from here we infer that so long as one attempts to split the coin properly, an angel will help one to split it properly.
~~The Torah promises as such explicitly in Exodus 31:15:~~
>העשיר לא ירבה והדל לא ימעיט ממחצית השקל
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>The wealthy will not increase, nor will the poor decrease, from a half-Shekel.

Exodus 24:6 states:
> ויקח משה חצי הדם וישם באגנת, וחצי הדם זרק על המזבח.&rlm;
>
>And Moses took half of the blood and placed it in buckets, and half of the blood he threw on the altar.
Rashi on Exodus 24:6:1 explains:
> מי חלקו? מלאך בא וחלקו.&rlm;
>
>Who divided it? An angel came and divided it.
We derive a Gezeirah Shavah of חצי חצי to מחצית השקל; from here we infer that so long as one attempts to split the coin properly, an angel will help one to split it properly.
The Torah promises as such explicitly in Exodus 30:15:
>העשיר לא ירבה והדל לא ימעיט ממחצית השקל
>
>The wealthy will not increase, nor will the poor decrease, from a half-Shekel.

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