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

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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.