Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Siman 176

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How far does the issur of shatnez reach beyond what one wears? The Kitzur permits riding in a coach whose walls are covered with shatnez cloth, taking care not to lean on them. The Kitzur also warns against its shatnez cushion seats, though some permit even sitting on those. Then comes the bechor of a kosher animal, and the edition's introduction explains that nowadays, with no Beis HaMikdash, an unblemished bechor is left to graze until it develops a blemish.

Key points

• A footnote in the edition read calls unintended contact from the coach's motion no shatnez problem.
• The Kitzur forbids a Kohen to offer to raise an unblemished bechor in order to receive it.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Shatnez in what we sit on
2. 1:20Covered coaches lined with shatnez
3. 5:05The bechor of a kosher animal
4. 8:52Giving the bechor while very young
5. 9:40A Kohen offering to raise the bechor
6. 11:09A blemish within the waiting time
7. 11:51When a Kohen refuses the bechor
8. 13:11A negligent owner and selling to a goy

Topics

• Shatnez
• Bechor
• Kohanim