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Igud HaKohanim Source Translation Maharam of Rothenburg on Zeroa, Lechayayim and Keiva Outside the Land of Israel Responsum concerning the Torah gifts of the foreleg, cheeks, and abomasum — זרוע לחיים וקיבה About This Translation The text below is an English translation of the original Hebrew responsum of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg — the Maharam…
עברית The Dignity and Responsibility of the Priesthood Can a Kohen Waive the Honor of the Priesthood? Humility is a virtue. But humility does not require the Kohen to diminish the priestly role entrusted to him. The Torah places the Kohen within Israel in a position of sanctity, instruction, blessing, responsibility, and leadership. THE SHORT…
The Torah’s treatment of tzara’at is unlike the treatment of an ordinary physical condition. A visible nega may appear on a person’s skin, clothing, or home, yet its Torah status is determined specifically by a Kohen. Chazal and the classical commentaries describe these afflictions as carrying a message—one that calls upon the affected person to…
מכתב ברכה מאת הרב דוד חי הכהן לקראת חידוש תורת נגעים בישראל
Ezekiel’s land allotment The second instance of land allotment to the Jewish priesthood is prophecized by Yechezkel (“Ezekiel”) – himself a kohen, and prophet of the G-d of Israel.
Story: In the previous generation there was a superb scholar that has been quite unknown beyond his community and those that met him. Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch, whose Hilula fell on 11 Tammuz (1945), was the Chief Rabbi of all of Western Canada and the Western United States from 1905-1945. Rabbi Kahanovitch attended the…