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?<div><br></div><div>The questions pertains to levi'im too.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:52 PM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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?<br>
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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.<br>
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