The big view of Sheiltot is also a sharp one – according to this early sefer halacha, there is room for stringency when buying glatt-kosher beef. This is because of the Gaon’s view that if the shochet does not give the parts of Zroa, Lechayayim and Keva to the kohen the entire animal enters a state of Tevel (we prefer not to mention what the stated consequence of eating Tevel is). This is evident from all known manuscripts of Sheiltot.
Rabbi Yosef Karo did not pasken like this but rather that the animal is permitted to be eaten without the gifts having been given – nonetheless, it is a mitzvah for the shochet to separate these parts immediately after his shechita.
Related Posts
Leave a Reply