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Masechet Chullin Daf 130
Apr. 6th, 2019 10:17 pmDaf 130
The subject of the new perek is the matanos, the gifts that are owed to the kohanim from every chullin behema you shecht, which consist of the z'roa, the halchayim, and the keva- the front leg, the jaw, and the stomach. The Mishna says the law in still in effect outside Israel and after the Temple was destroyed, which I guess makes sense by the letter of the law but seems logistically unwieldy. Artscroll footnote says there's a lenient position later in the Gemara that says that you don't need to do this chutz la'aretz, and I guess Ashkenazim hold that way by a selective reading of the Rema? Googling around I found kehuna.org which appears to be an advocacy group arguing for restoring as much of the kohen's special privileges as possible in galus, and which claims that they are being denied the cow stomachs that are rightfully theirs. They also seem to say that challah is rightfully theirs, so I guess if they're right I should mail some dough to Brooklyn every time I make challah.
The rest of the Mishna discusses two types of consecrated animals with blemishes that therefore can't be offered as sacrifices and must be monetarily redeemed. The former class had a blemish before they were consecrated. Thus it was never possible for them to be truly consecrated, and when they are redeemed, they regain most of the properties as if they were always chullin, including being obligated in the matanos. The latter class got the blemish after being consecrated, and they even after redemption retain a lot of the properties of kodshin, including being exempted from the matanos.
The subject of the new perek is the matanos, the gifts that are owed to the kohanim from every chullin behema you shecht, which consist of the z'roa, the halchayim, and the keva- the front leg, the jaw, and the stomach. The Mishna says the law in still in effect outside Israel and after the Temple was destroyed, which I guess makes sense by the letter of the law but seems logistically unwieldy. Artscroll footnote says there's a lenient position later in the Gemara that says that you don't need to do this chutz la'aretz, and I guess Ashkenazim hold that way by a selective reading of the Rema? Googling around I found kehuna.org which appears to be an advocacy group arguing for restoring as much of the kohen's special privileges as possible in galus, and which claims that they are being denied the cow stomachs that are rightfully theirs. They also seem to say that challah is rightfully theirs, so I guess if they're right I should mail some dough to Brooklyn every time I make challah.
The rest of the Mishna discusses two types of consecrated animals with blemishes that therefore can't be offered as sacrifices and must be monetarily redeemed. The former class had a blemish before they were consecrated. Thus it was never possible for them to be truly consecrated, and when they are redeemed, they regain most of the properties as if they were always chullin, including being obligated in the matanos. The latter class got the blemish after being consecrated, and they even after redemption retain a lot of the properties of kodshin, including being exempted from the matanos.