“If one diverted his attention.”
I asked a few days ago in my blog what you would do if you found five dollars (see https://brokentabletsfrompennycagan.me/shekalim/shekalim-4), which is the approximate current value of the half-shekel that each male over twenty was obligated to contribute at the time of the Temple. Today’s Daf Yomi considers the intricacies of funds that are found on the Temple floor. If you were a priest, would you quietly put the found money in the nearest collection horn, allocate it to the fund that was dearest to your heart or that needed the most assistance? Or would you allocate it to the horn that had the most coins?