Chullin 131 – Must a Levi Give Matnos Kehunah?

Podcast: Mesikus Hatorah · Eliezer Weitzner

Opublikowano: 2026-10-14

Chullin daf 131 opens with the Levi who grabbed the zro'a, lechayayim and keivah on their way to the Kohen, and Rav's ruling that Beis Din doesn't collect the matanos from a Levi. We work through Rav's safek whether Levi'im are called "am," why hamotzi meichaveiro alav hara'ayah outweighs safek d'Oraisa l'chumra when the mitzvah is one of mamon, and the Baraisa of matnos aniyim – peret, oleilos, shikchah and peah – that we exact even from the poorest in Klal Yisroel. Along the way: Ezra's knas on the Levi'im according to R' Elazar ben Azaryah, reishis hagez, and Ulla on giving the...