Rabbi Gershon Tanenbaum Z”l




Gifts of the Kehuna How Should a Kohen Eat the Cheek Meat? The Torah gives the foreleg, cheeks, and abomasum to the Kohen. What is the preferred manner in which these gifts should be eaten? Continue the study in our sefer See our publication devoted to this important commandment and its practical Torah framework. View…
One of the important talmudic narratives relevant to the mitzvah requiring the shochet to give the foreleg, cheeks and abomasum to the kohen is Rav Nachman’s relation of Takanat Ziknei Darom (“The Edict of the Elders of the South“). The said edict preempts inference from the mishnaic text השוחט לכהן ולנכרי פטור מן המתנות (“He who…
Matanot Kehuna in Practice A Practical Fulfillment of Zeroa, Lechayayim, and Keva in Florida A documented shechita showing the separation of the priestly portions assigned by the Torah to the Kohen. In Surfside, Florida, Avraham Cohen and his friend Eran arranged the slaughter of two lambs with their shochet, Daniel. Alongside the shechita itself, particular…
As chazal encouraged challah be given to the kohen in chu”l for him – not to burn – but to actually eat, a minhag encouraged by some of the bigger rishonim, The kohen who chooses to eat the challah given to him (again, this is allowed only in Chu”l as the entire gift is merely…
Is there a way NOT to give challah (first bread offering) to the kohen? we think so, and want to share it with you. So here’s the story, a lady messaged a kohen erev shabbat (after chatzot) and said she wants to bring over her challah – Her husband, she explained, told her to do…