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 Are kohanim lemeita entitled to kavod from ashkenazim? 


 There is a Teshuvah of the RIVASH (94) that says that Kohanim today are only Safek Kohanim (same reason why kohanim cannot demand payment for pidyon haben). Based on this Psak the Maharshdam (EH 235) allowed a Kohen to marry a Shevuyah because it is only an Isur mid'Rabanan, or because it is a Sfek Sfeika (Safek whether he is a Kohen, and if he is a Kohen, Safek whether the woman is forbidden to marry a Kohen).

As far as ashkenazim are concerned, tosfot and the rema say that (unlike marrying a gerusha) giving a kohen a kavod is only a derabanan- so safek derobanan lekula. If there is a safek regarding who is the greater talmud chacham, there is a safek-safek- and sfake-sfaka deoreita lekula- certainly for a derobanan.

So even if you hold by R moshe feinstein's chazaka (which many don't), it is still not at all pashut whether lemeita, ashkenazic kohanim are entitled to kavod. 




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