• Kohen (Hebrew: כֹּהֵן‎, kōhēn, [koˈ(h)en], "priest", pl. כֹּהֲנִים‎, kōhănīm, [koˈ(h)anim], "priests") is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference...
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  • A bat-kohen or bat kohen (Hebrew: בת כהן) is the daughter of a kohen (Jewish priest), who holds a special status in the Hebrew Bible and rabbinical texts...
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    In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (Hebrew: כהן גדול, romanized: Kohen Gadol, lit. 'great priest'; Aramaic: Kahana Rabba) was the head of the Israelite...
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  • Natalia Kohen (1919–2022) was an Argentine artist and writer. She was born in Mendoza and studied in Buenos Aires. Over a very long career, she held numerous...
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    with money. The redemption is attained by paying five silver coins to a kohen (a patrilineal descendant of the priestly family of Aaron), on behalf of...
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  • The prohibition of Kohen defilement to the dead is the commandment to a Jewish priest (kohen) not to come in direct contact with, or be in the same enclosed...
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  • Zadok or Zadok HaKohen, also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, Zadoq, Tzadok or Tsadoq (Hebrew: צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן, romanized: Ṣādōq ha-Kōhēn; lit. 'righteous, justified')...
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  • Azra "Akilah" Kohen (born 1979) is a Turkish record-breaking author and psychologist. After releasing her first novel, Fi, under the name Akilah, she...
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  • Shaul HaKohen Kohen (born in Djerba, Tunisia – died 1848, also in Djerba) was a Mizrahi Jewish rabbi, and writer of multiple rabbinic literary works....
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  • Rabbi Bension Kohen or haKohen (Hebrew: בֶּנְצִיּוֹן הַכֹּהֵן; born in Djerba, Tunisia, died 1999 in Jerusalem) was a writer of literature on Hebrew grammar...
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    Priestly sash (redirect from Avnet (kohen))
    vestments, the ends of the Avnet are shown in red hanging at his feet. The kohen on one knee beside him is wearing the avnet wound around his waist....
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  • Mordechai HaKohen of Safed (1523–1598) was a scholar and kabbalist who flourished in the second half of the sixteenth century in Safed. He was a pupil...
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    early 20th century. He was a kohen, and is therefore often referred to as Meir Simcha ha-Kohen ("Meir Simcha the Kohen"). He is known for his writings...
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  • Kohen (1928 – 18 October 2021) was a Turkish journalist and columnist. He wrote regular columns about foreign policy for Milliyet since 1954. Kohen was...
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  • blind before the surgeries. Crescas was a leader of Aragon's Jewish community. "CRESCAS, ABIATHARIBN, HA-KOHEN". Jewish Encyclopedia. v t e v t e v t e...
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  • presumption of priestly descent is the presumption that a Jewish man is a priest (kohen), based not on genealogical records of descent from Aaron or on Jewish court...
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  • Jacob Cohen (redirect from Jacob Kohen)
    to: Jack Cohen (businessman) (1898–1979), supermarket founder born Jacob Kohen Jacob Cohen (footballer) (born 1956), former Israeli international association...
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  • Joseph ben Joshua ben Meïr ha-Kohen (also HaKohen, Hakohen or Hacohen; 20 December 1496 in Avignon – 1575 or shortly thereafter in Genoa) was a Jewish...
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    Shabbatai ben Meir HaKohen (Hebrew: שבתי בן מאיר הכהן; 1621–1662) was a noted 17th century talmudist and halakhist. He became known as the Shakh (Hebrew:...
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  • Ancient/Modern Hebrew: Kohen, HaKohen, ben-Kohen, bar-Kohen, Koheni, Kahana, Kohanim, Kohen-Tzedek/Kohen-Tzadik (Katz) Hungarian: Kohn, Kohen, Korn, Korenfeld...
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  • ancestor of the patrilineal Jewish priestly caste known as Kohanim (singular "Kohen", also spelled "Cohen"). According to the traditional understanding of the...
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  • family name Azulai is an acronym of the biblical restriction on whom a Kohen may marry: אשה זנה וחללה לא יקחו‎ (Leviticus, 21:7) and, thus, indicating priestly...
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    Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works...
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    מַתִּתְיָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן יוֹחָנָן, Mattīṯyāhū haKōhēn ben Yōḥānān; died 166–165 BCE) was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt...
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  • If a kohen is present but a Levite is not, the same kohen who was called up for the first aliyah receives the second aliyah as well. If a kohen is not...
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  • Abraham HaKohen of Kalisk (1741–1810) was a prominent Chassidic rabbi of the 3rd generation of Chassidic leaders. He was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch...
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    Marcelo Gustavo Kohen (born August 11, 1957) is an Argentine international lawyer and academic specialised in the areas of international legal theory...
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  • letter of approbation for Sabbatai Zevi. He was the author of the Minchat Kohen, published in 1668. bibliopolis.com[permanent dead link] The Sabbatean Movement...
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  • The Kohen is given the honor to initiate grace after the meal provided three adult male Jews have dined together. The Kohen may allow a non-Kohen to initiate...
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  • Cohen (redirect from Kohen (disambiguation))
    Look up Cohen, cohen, or Kohen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cohen may refer to: Cohen-kuhi Tau/4, a star 420 light-years away from Earth in the...
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