Judaism has been around for a while, and not surprisingly has its own set of laws about inheritance. The Judaic laws of inheritance differ from western culture in a few critical aspects; here is a closer look.
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…read more
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…read more
כתב המחבר בשולחן ערוך יורה דעה סימן סא סעיף כא; מתנות נהוגות בכל מקום, בין בארץ בין בחוצה לארץ, בין בפני הבית בין שלא בפני הבית, ויש מי שאומר שאינן נהוגות בחוצה לארץ, וכן נהגו. ויש לעיין מה דעתו של המחבר פס”ד הלכה למעשה, ולפי כללי פסיקה של המחבר, ידוע שהיכן שנוקט שתי דעות הראשון…read more
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…read more
Meeting highlights of Rabbi Rivkin of Igud HaKohanim and Rabbi Genack and Rabbi Klarburg of the OU Attendees: Rabbi Genack (OU), Rabbi Klarburg (OU), Rabbi Rivkin (Igud HaKohanim) Meeting location: OU Headquarters – 11 Broadway New York NY Meeting time: 15 Menachem-Av 5775, July 31st 2015, 11:30 AM Topic: Applying the mitzvah of giving the…read more
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…read more
Calories in Beef Abomasum 329Cal 100g Noteworthy Nutrients Vitamin B12,Vitamin K http://slism.com/calorie/111097/ Some cheese is made using vegetarian rennet such as Fermentation Produced Chymosin, microbial ‘Rhizomucor Miehei’ or thistle ‘Cynara Cardunculus’ rennet) is what causes your milk to solidify/coagulate. The abomasum is known to contain the naturally occurring ingredient called chymosin. This is an enzyme…read more