Foreleg, cheeks and maw

Foreleg, cheeks and maw
Halakhic texts relating to this article
Torah:Deuteronomy 18:3
Mishnah:Chullin 10:1
Babylonian Talmud:Bekhorot 27a
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.[1]

  1. ^ Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 61:1, 61:28