Shoftim 18:03 · unit 16

TT #137 · Parashas Shoftim · Third Aliyah · Passuk 18:03

The Complete Passuk

וְזֶ֡ה יִהְיֶה֩ מִשְׁפַּ֨ט הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת הָעָ֗ם מֵאֵ֛ת זֹבְחֵ֥י הַזֶּ֖בַח אִם־שׁ֣וֹר אִם־שֶׂ֑ה וְנָתַן֙ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן הַזְּרֹ֥עַ וְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִם וְהַקֵּבָֽה׃

And this shall be the due of the kohanim from the people, from those who slaughter the sacrifice, whether ox or sheep: he shall give the kohen the foreleg, the jaws, and the maw.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 134b.

TT lemma: וְנָתַן לַכֹּהֵן.

Sefaria — Chullin 134b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְנָתַן לַכֹּהֵן – וְלֹא לְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא לְעַבְדּוֹ.

English: ‘And he shall give to the kohen’ – and not to his wife or to his servant.

On the daf / in context: The gifts must be given to a kohen himself, not to non-kohen members of his household in a way that bypasses the mitzvah.

Type of Learning

Derash on the proper recipient (Bavli) — the transfer must reach a kohen.

What Is Learned

The three gifts must be transferred to a kohen; giving them only to a non-kohen member of a kohen’s household does not fulfill the mitzvah.