[Avodah] Chezkas Kehunah

[Allan Engel]

If today's Kohanim would be considered "safeik kohanim", would they be
obliged to do a Pidyon Haben on their firstborns, mita'am sofeik d'orayso,
or would it be a sfek sfeika?

The questions pertains to levi'im too.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:52 PM, kennethgmiller at juno.com <
kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

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> First: My understanding is that most poskim reject this idea, and hold
> today's kohanim to be *vadai* kohanim. The proof is that if the safek was a
> real safek, then how could they say the birkas hamitzvah when they duchen?
>
> Second: Even if that safek is accepted, there's a much simpler reason why a
> kohen cannot demand payment for pidyon haben: Because the father has the
> right to choose any kohen he likes. Even when Trumah was a real d'Oraisa, no
> kohen could demand any; they were all dependent on the good will of the
> farmers.
>
>
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