Rabbi Gershon Tanenbaum Z”l




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…
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…
Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg on Zeroa, Lechayayim and Keva Outside the Land of Israel The responsa of Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg indicate that the mitzvah of giving זרוע לחיים וקיבה — the foreleg, cheeks and abomasum — to the Kohen remains operative in חוצה לארץ, outside the Land of Israel. “The foreleg, cheeks and abomasum…
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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…