Monday, 22 October 2018

Menachot 73: Kohanim Trading Their Meal-Offerings

A brief note on today's daf:
  • kohanim share the remainder of the meal-offerings equally among them
  • each portion cannot be traded, for example a korban for an animal sacrifice of equal value
  • one type of sacrifice cannot be traded for another (ex. from fowl for from animal sacrifice)
  • Rashi tells us that we should not turn the sacrifices into business transactions
  • Rashi also says that the kohanim do not own the sacrifices; they are "eating from the Heavenly table"
  • A source is required to prohibit each trade to demonstrate that exchanges are forbidden regardless of the circumstance

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