A Kohen may be a shochet.

The Great Sanhedrin was made up of a Chief / Prince / Leader called Nasi ( at some times this position may have been held by the Kohen Gadol or the High Priest ), a vice chief justice ( Av Beit Din ), and sixty-nine general members.

Of importance is that the Kohen is never permanently disqualified from service but is permitted to return to his normal duties once the disqualification ceases.

The commentators to the Shulchan Aruch record that it is the custom of some of Diaspora Jewry to be scrupulous in giving Challah from the dough used for baking " Matzot Mitzvah " ( the Shmurah Matzah eaten during Passover ) to a Kohen child to eat.

Eleazar Kalir ( a Hebrew Galilean poet variously dated from the 6th to 10th century ) mentions a locality clearly in the Nazareth region bearing the name Nazareth נצרת ( in this case vocalized " Nitzrat "), which was home to the descendants of the 18th Kohen family Happitzetz ( הפצץ ), for at least several centuries after the Bar Kochva revolt.

A variety of liturgical poems are added, including a poem recounting the radiance of the countenance of the Kohen Gadol after exiting the Holy of Holies, traditionally believed to emit palpable light in a manner echoing the Torah's account of the countenance of Moses after descending from Mount Sinai, as well as prayers for the speedy rebuilding of the Temple and the restoration of sacrificial worship.

The Talmud expounds a Beraita ( oral tradition ) which illuminates the manner in which the Kohen Gadol ( High Priest ) is to sprinkle the blood of the bull-offering towards the Parochet ( Curtain ) separating the Hekhal ( sanctuary ) from the Kodesh Hakodashim ( Holy of Holies ):

The father of the child must " redeem " the child from a known Kohen representing the original Temple priesthood, for the sum of five silver Shekels, or equivalent in country's currency ( if it has silver currency of the correct weight ).

An example of the gifts given to the Kohen in the Diaspora are most notably the five coins of the Pidyon haben ceremony, and the Giving of the foreleg, cheeks and abomasum from each Kosher-slaughtered animal.

Kohen was a status that traditionally referred to men, passed from father to son, although there were situations where a Bat-Kohen, daughter of a kohen, enjoyed some special status.

According to Abraham Geiger, the Sadducee sect of Judaism drew their name from Tzadok, the first Kohen Gadol to serve in The First Temple with the leaders of the sect proposed as the Kohanim ( priestly ) sons of Tzadok.

When the ' Kohen ' and ' Levi ' have finished reading, the leader in prayer carries the Torah roll to the exilarch, the whole congregation rising ; the exilarch takes the roll in his hands and reads from it while standing.

His pupil Menachem Mendel Zaks published Meshech Chochma (" The Price of Wisdom ", Meshech is the acronym of Meir Simcha Kohen, and the words derive from Job 28: 18 ), which contains novellae on the Torah, but very often branches off into questions of Jewish philosophy.

About this period the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the last of the Hohenstaufen, employed Jews to translate from the Arabic philosophical and astronomical treatises ; among these writers were Judah Kohen of Toledo, later of Tuscany, and Jacob Anatoli of Provence.

The verse itself indicates this, as it directs those who find themselves afflicted to seek out a Kohen ( priest ) and not a doctor, while the Torah specifically permits and even encourages those who are in need of medical care to seek treatment from physicians.

The mashgiach is responsible for performing the The Mitzvah of Challah, the tithe of dough set aside for consumption by a Kohen ( some perform this in the diaspora whereas in Israel it is always burnt ).

The prayer services also include private and public confessions of sins ( Vidui ) and a unique prayer dedicated to the special Yom Kippur avodah ( service ) of the Kohen Gadol in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

The remaining portion of the olive oil, called in Hebrew log shemen shel metzorah, is retained by the Kohen at the completion of his service.

The Kohen will often give those silver coins back as a gift for the child to inherit.

Though the silver coins are the payment to the Kohen under torah law and are one of the twenty-four kohanic gifts, they are sometimes returned by the Kohen to the family as a gift for the child, athough halachic authorities stipulate that-for the Pidyon to be valid-the choice of returning the coins as a gift rest entirely upon the Kohen whereas pressuring the kohen to do so would render the redemption invalid.

There are also some examples of artistically crafted certificates which the Kohen fills out commemorating the event for the child to have as a memento.

On weekdays, this reading is divided into three ; it is customary to call a Kohen for the first reading ( aliyah ), a Levite for the second reading, and a member of any other Tribe of Israel to the third reading.

On Shabbat, the reading is divided into seven portions ; a Kohen is called for the first aliyah and a Levite to the second, and a member of another tribe for the rest.

If a kohen is not present, it is customary in many communities for a levite to take the first aliyah " bimkom Kohen " ( in the place of a Kohen ) and an Israelite the second and succeeding ones.

Because most Reform and Reconstructionist temples have abolished traditional tribal distinctions, roles, and identities on grounds of egalitarianism, a special status for a bat Kohen has very little significance in these movements.

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", as well as an acronym for " Matityahu Kohen ben Yochanan.

Rabbi Moshe Schreiber writes that it is an acronym for his father's name Mattityahu Kohen Ben Yochanan.

The Hebrew for priest is Kohen ; the Kohanim ( plural ) mediated between God and man by offering sacrifices, and by other services in the Temple.

After a short interregnum ' Ukba's nephew, David ben Zakkai, became exilarch ; but he had to contend for nearly two years with Kohen Zedek before he was finally confirmed in his power ( 921 ).

* Aleph Kohen Godol ( parliamentarian ), a position traditionally filled by, but not limited to, the immediate past Aleph Godol

The author of the Book of Ezekiel shows himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, 1: 3 born into a priesthood ( Kohen ) lineage of the patrilineal line of Ithamar, and resident of Anathoth.

* Kohen ( priest )-patrilineal descendant of Aaron, brother of Moses.

Today, a Kohen is the first one called up at the reading of the Torah, performs the Priestly Blessing, as well as complying with other unique laws and ceremonies, including the ceremony of redemption of the first-born.

# The Kohen Gadol rinsed himself in the mikveh five times on Yom Kippur.

The Kohen will lead in the atonement of all the people.

* Kohen, Arnold.

Judaism does not have clergy as such, although according to the Torah there is a tribe of priests known as the Kohanim who were leaders of the religion up to the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70AD when most Sadducees were wiped out ; each member of the tribe, a Kohen had priestly duties, many of which centered around the sacrificial duties, atonement and blessings of the Israelite nation.

The procedure does not apply when the father is a Kohen or Levite, and does not normally apply when the mother is the daughter of one.

According to some authorities, however, a child whose mother is a Bat Kohen and whose father is a non-Jew requires a Pidyon HaBen ceremony.

In the traditional ceremony, the father brings the child to the Kohen and recites a formula, or responds to ritual questions, indicating that this is the Israelite mother's firstborn son and he has come to redeem him as commanded in the Torah.

The Kohen asks the father which he would rather have, the child or the five silver shekels which he must pay.

The Kohen holds the coins over the child and declares that the redemption price is received and accepted in place of the child.

Some Orthodox authorities, citing a passage in the Talmud ( Kiddushin 8a ) describing such an event, permit a male non-Kohen married to a Bat Kohen ( daughter of a male Kohen ) to accept Pidyon HaBen money on the Bat Kohen's behalf.

The question of a Bat Kohen accepting Pidyon HaBen money on her own behalf is a matter of discussion in Modern Orthodox Judaism but is not currently done in practice.