[boxify theme=”info” cols=”4″ cols_use=”3″]See our new SEFER on this grand MITZVAH[/boxify] What is the proper way for a kohen to eat the cheek meat the shochet gives him? Based on the word למשחה, which the torah uses when speaking about matanot kehuna, it is a general rule that all matnos kehuna are supposed to be consumer…read more
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The responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg concurs that the mitzvah of giving זרוע לחיים וקיבה to the kohen in חוצה לארץ is active; As the foreleg cheeks and abomasum is acted on outside the land of Israel and the entire of congregation Israel will do it. -Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg The great length of Rabbi Meir’s…read more
שלום וברוכים הבאים, הקובץ ניתן לצפייה או להורדה השתלשלות החיוב החל בחוץ לארץ בהפרשת ראשית הגז וזרוע לחיים וקיבה -מאת רועי זק
Can the kosher consumer purchase tongue, cheek meat and cholent bones at their local kosher butcher? This a important question to be asking; If the shochet is required to give the foreleg cheeks and abomasum of all kosher slaughtered animals but dosn’t -what is the consumer to do? should he refrain from buying cattle meat…read more
[boxify theme=”info” cols=”4″ cols_use=”3″]See our new SEFER on this grand MITZVAH[/boxify] The mitzvah of Giving the foreleg cheeks and abomasum to a kohen is one of the 248 positive mitzvot, but who’s responsibility is it? is it the Rav-hamachshir? the consumer? the meat-retailer? Halacha mandates (Yoreh Deah, 61:28) that the shochet is the personality obligated give the…read more
In it’s orginal chazalic form, makirei kehuna (“recognizers of kehuna”) is an unofficial agreement where residents of a given town or members of a given family accustom themselves to giving their kohanic gift to a specific kohen. In halacha, a makirei kehuna agreement -הסכם מכירי כהונה- is a written contract where a kohen signs his agreement…read more