One who does not want to redeem their firstborn male donkey with a sheep (as we learned in Mitzva #171), has a Mitzva to chop off it's head.
The Mitzva is to use an axe and chop the back of the neck until it dies.
Even after it's dead, it may not be used for anything and has to be buried.
Applies everywhere, always, to Israelites, since a donkey which belongs to a Cohen or Levi need not be redeemed.
Verse: "and if you don't redeem it then chop off its head" (Shemot 34:20)
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Positive Mitzvah 56
- Danny
Tuesday, 10 Tamuz 5770
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