[Avodah] Cohen demanding a sold aliya

[Daniel Israel via Avodah]

From where does the shul get the right to sell the aliyah to a non-cohen in the first place.  I would assume that what has actually been sold is the right to choose who gets the aliyah, and in this case the unexpected cohen guest is the only option.  If it is the aliyah itself which is sold then the cohen should be able to claim the shul had no right to sell it, and the choshen mishpat shailah is whether the shul or the buyer takes the loss.

Obviously just my opinion not meant to second guess the mara d'atra.

--
Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 3:06 AM, Ben Waxman via Avodah <avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> 
> My Friday night beit knesset sells the Shabbat morning aliyot right after kabbalat Shabbat. In this beit knesset, none of the members are kohenim. Were a cohen to come to the beit knesset on Shabbat morning, would his right to the first aliya (the right not be embarrassed) over ride the sale? I would imagine no, a sale is a sale. Plus, why should the beit knesset lose money?
> 
> If the cohen says "I am willing to pay whatever the Yisrael paid" would he then have the right to claim the aliya?
> 
> If it matters, the beit knesset is Yeminite.
> 
> Ben
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Avodah mailing list
> Avodah at lists.aishdas.org
> http://lists.aishdas.org/listinfo.cgi/avodah-aishdas.org