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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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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Azra "Akilah" Kohen (born 1979) is a Turkish record-breaking author. After releasing her first novel, Fi, under the name Akilah, she started to release...
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High Priest of Israel (redirect from Kohen ha-Gadol)
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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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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Pidyon haben (section Bat Kohen)
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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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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Abiathar Crescas (redirect from Abiathar ibn Crescas ha-Kohen)
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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