Reply To: Saving shul seats, sidurrim for others not yet here

Gaon – the owner of matnos kehunah has a Tovas Ha’Na’ah to give it to his chaver the kohen. Meaning, it is not totally ‘hefker’. The matnos aniyim are also not totally hefker and the owner retains a tovas ha’na’ah that he can distribute it to his friends the aniyim. In that sense, peah is not hefker (and if you are correctly quoting a ketzos that I am unfamiliar with – the context is required).

Peah is part of Matnas Aniyim. The kiddush kugel is part of Matnas HaKehillah. There is a did of zechiya, hence the entire fiasco of “saving”.

L’shitas’cha, do you hold that saving is totally off the mark (no zchiya applies) and thus a saver is simply a gazlan? I would be thrilled if you were correct.