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Chullin 132
The eligibility of a Kohen’s daughter (kohenet) to receive priestly gifts (matanot) is disputed between Rava (forbidding) and Ulla (permitting), reflecting a broader Tannaitic disagreement between the academy of Rabbi Yishmael (excluding a kohenet) and the academy of Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov (including her). Following common practice where several amoraim received and ate matanot on account of their wives, Marimar codifies four definitive rulings: the halakha follows Rav regarding the unenforceability of Levite obligations, Rav Chisda regarding exemption from restitution for destroyed gifts, Ulla permitting gifts to a kohenet, and Rav Adda bar Ahava regarding pidyon haben exemptions for a Levite woman’s son.
Regarding crossbred animals (kil’ayim) and a koy, the Sages obligate matanot while Rabbi Eliezer exempts them. Addressing the underlying doubt over paternal seed (zera ha’av), the Gemara questions why the Sages require full gifts rather than half-gifts, ultimately explaining that the obligation of the rabbis is only for half. However an alternative explanation is brought concluding that explicit scriptural inclusions (“im shor”, “im seh”) mandate full obligation. This discussion also establishes Rava’s rule that legal recourse for unseparated gifts lies directly against the butcher (hadin im hatabach).
The Mishna notes that a blemished firstborn (bechor) mixed among non-sacred animals or slaughtering for a non-Jew or kohen creates exemptions from matanot. However, a kohen slaughtering for someone else is obligated in matanot. A kohen who sets up a slaughterhouse is exempt from giving gifts for two to three weeks, but becomes obligated once his business is more established. To ensure compliance, courts may penalize non-compliant butchers by excommunication. Matanot must be eaten roasted with mustard as they should be eaten like royalty, and may be given to any kohen who acknowledges the validity of the Temple service (modeh ba’avoda).
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Chullin 131
Rav Chisda rules that anyone who destroys or eats priestly gifts (zero’a, lechayayim, keva) prior to distribution is exempt from financial restitution, whether derived from the word “zeh” in the verse or because these gifts constitute property with no specific claimant (mamon she-ein lo tove’in). The Gemara raises seven challenges from various Tannaitic sources (including rulings on other priestly gifts and poor-person’s gifts)—some directed against Rav Chisda’s overall exemption from restitution, and others against the explanation that it constitutes property with no specific claimant. The Gemara resolves all of these challenges, upholding Rav Chisda’s position.
The Gemara then turns to evaluate whether Levites are obligated to give priestly gifts when slaughtering their own non-sacred animals. Rav remains in doubt as to whether Levites are legally included in the biblical description of “from the nation” (me’et ha-am) or whether their tribe’s distinct status exempts them from giving matanot; consequently, while Levites are technically obligated to give them, this obligation cannot be legally enforced against them. The Gemara presents three challenges against Rav’s uncertainty from explicit braitot, but answers all of them, leaving Rav’s underlying doubt intact.
Mareimar rules halakhically in accordance with both Rav Chisda and Rav’s doubt.
Finally, Ulla permitted giving priestly gifts to a kohen’s daughter, even if she is married to an Israelite. Rava challenges Ulla’s ruling from the laws regarding the meal-offering (minchah) of a kohen’s daughter, which differs from that of a male kohen in that it is not completely burned on the altar, demonstrating that her status as a priestess is not entirely identical.
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