minhag - In birkat kohanim, who calls out "kohanim"? - Mi Yodeya
2016年2月26日 · quietly and "Kohanim" out loud in order not to deviate from the custom that the Chazzan calls "Kohanim", but when questioned by R Meir haKoehin how he could say that …
How do the remaining Kohanim know that they are Kohanim?
2016年2月11日 · I just recently learned that there are still Kohanim, members of the priestly family of Aaron, alive today. I had thought, mistakenly, that they had vanished with the destruction of …
halacha - Baldness as a disqualification for Kohanim - Mi Yodeya
2012年5月14日 · This doesn't apply to birkas kohanim, though; there, a kohen is disqualified only by blemishes that are visible and will distract the congregation. (And even then, not if everyone …
history - Which surnames are Kohanim's and why? - Mi Yodeya
2011年12月23日 · There's a popular notion that the Vilna Gaon said that they are the only family of kohanim known to be meyuchasim (of provable status), although this post at Mail-Jewish …
Newest 'birchas-kohanim' Questions - Mi Yodeya
The Bracha the Kohanim recite for Birkat Kohanim is (Sotah 39a): אשר קדשנו בקדושתו של אהרן וצונו לברך את עמו ישראל באהבה who has sanctified us with the sanctity of Aaron and commanded us …
What did kohanim do the other fifty weeks of the year?
2011年6月10日 · The kohanim were supposed to be free to be torah scholars, and that's why they're supported by terumah. Of course, there were kohanim who were amei ha'aretz. Since …
clothing - Why didn't the Kohanim wear Tzizis? - Mi Yodeya
2013年10月29日 · The Minchas Chinuch (Mitzvah 99, by R. Yosef Babad) writes that the garments of the kohanim didn't require tzitzis because they belonged to hekdesh, and they …
What were (some of) the names of the 24 families of Kohanim?
2020年12月9日 · The Kohanim of Tzipporim (identified with Yeda'ayah) Mif'sheta (identified with Charim) Kohen Ai'tah Lo (identified with Se'orim) from Beit Lechem (identified with Malkiyah) …
halacha - Significance of the Kohen's hand gestures? - Mi Yodeya
החרכים is read as 5 apertures (ה' חרכים), thus the custom of most Kohanim to place the 2 hands together, with the thumbs touching, and the two left and right fingers of each hand paired …
Why are we not told which of David's children were kohanim?
2025年1月1日 · Ergo at the chronological point of chapter 8 implying 'all' of David's sons were kohanim would be misleading/confusing as it would imply that the children listed earlier were …