Wikipedia's first sentence called it “positive mitzvah requiring the shochet to give the aforementioned parts of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a koh”. Today it says “positive commandment in the hebrew bible”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
This giving is required to be free of both monetary and servicial compensation . Contrary to popular belief these gifts are entirely mundane (chullin) and are not associated with all or part of the sacrificial offerings brought on the central altar in the Jerusalem temple .1
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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Foreleg of Kosher-slaughtered animal Foreleg part sold in form of "Marrow Bones" Foreleg part with weight shown Kosher-slaughtered Beef Cheeks with price tag attached Foreleg from top-view downward Abomasum The gift of the foreleg, cheeks and maw ( ) of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen is a positive commandment in the Hebrew Bible .In rabbinical interpretation a continuing application of the commandment is identified.Rabbi Yosef Karo Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 61:1, rules that after the slaughter of animal by a shochet (kosher butcher), the cuts of the foreleg, cheek and maw should be given to a kohen freely, without the kohen paying or performing any service.
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Gift of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen Foreleg of kosher-slaughtered animal Foreleg part sold in form of "marrow bones" Foreleg part with weight shown Kosher-slaughtered beef cheeks with price tag attached Foreleg from top-view downward Abomasum The gift of the foreleg, cheeks and maw ( ) of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen is a positive commandment in the Hebrew Bible . The Shulchan Aruch rules that after the slaughter of animal by a shochet (kosher slaughterer), the shochet is required to separate the cuts of the foreleg, cheek and maw and give them to a kohen freely, without the kohen paying or performing any service.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Gift of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen Foreleg of kosher-slaughtered animal Foreleg part sold in form of "marrow bones" Foreleg part with weight shown Kosher-slaughtered beef cheeks with price tag attached Foreleg from top-view downward Abomasum The gift of the foreleg, cheeks and maw ( ) of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen is a positive commandment in the Hebrew Bible . The Shulchan Aruch rules that after the slaughter of animal by a shochet (kosher slaughterer), the shochet is required to separate the cuts of the foreleg, cheek and maw and give them to a kohen freely, without the kohen paying or performing any service.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Gift of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen Foreleg of kosher-slaughtered animal Foreleg part sold in form of "marrow bones" Foreleg part with weight shown Kosher-slaughtered beef cheeks with price tag attached Foreleg from top-view downward Abomasum The gift of the foreleg, cheeks and maw ( Hebrew : זְרועַ לְחָיַיִם וְקֵיבָה ) of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a kohen is a positive commandment in the Hebrew Bible . The Shulchan Aruch rules that after the slaughter of animal by a shochet (kosher slaughterer), the shochet is required to separate the cuts of the foreleg, cheek and maw and give them to a kohen freely, without the kohen paying or performing any service.
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Then
positive mitzvah requiring the shochet to give the aforementioned parts of a kosher-slaughtered animal to a koh
Now
positive commandment in the hebrew bible
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