Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

The 133rd mitzvah is that we are commanded to separate challah from each dough and to give it to a kohen.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,1 "You must separate the first portion of your kneading as challah [a dough offering]."

The details of this mitzvah are explained in tractates Challah and Orlah. It is a Biblical commandment only in Eretz Yisroel.2

Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.

From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Num. 15:20.

2.

Outside Eretz Yisroel it is obligatory by Rabbinic decree.

The 143rd mitzvah is that we are commanded to give the foreleg, the jaw, and the keivah1 from every kosher animal that we slaughter to a kohen.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,2 "This shall be the law of what the Kohanim receive from the people when an animal is slaughtered: [whether ox or sheep you must give the Kohen the foreleg, the jaw, and the keivah]."

The details of this mitzvah are explained in the 10th chapter of tractate Chullin. Levites are not obligated in this mitzvah.3

Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.

From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

One of the cow's four stomachs.

2.

Deut. 18:3.

3.

Since the verse says, "from the people." See Chullin 131a.

The 144th mitzvah is that we are commanded to separate the first of our shearings and give them to a kohen.

The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,1 "You shall give him the first of your shearing."

This mitzvah applies only in Eretz Yisroel.

The details of this mitzvah are explained in the 11th chapter of tractate Chullin.

Rabbi Berel Bell is a well-known educator, author and lecturer. He and his family reside in Montreal, Canada.

From "Sefer Hamitzvot in English," published by Sichos in English.

Footnotes

1.

Ibid. 18:4.