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A Kohen is someone who's father is a kohen. The first Kohen was Aaron.

Kohen Media

  • Nuremberg chronicles f 29v 2.png

    Illustration of Aaron's lineage from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle

  • LEV 8- High priest in robes and breastplate.jpg

    The high priest in his golden garments (the chain censer depicted is anachronistic).

  • Kohenbreastplate.jpg

    The priestly breastplate of the high priest.

  • Jewish priests.jpg

    Kohen, Kohen Gadol and a Levite (Charles Foster, 1873)

  • Macoy Masonic Hebrew with text 1868 p134.jpg

    Qodeš l-Yahweh (Paleo-Hebrew alphabet), "Holy to Yahweh", an inscription worn on the forehead of the High Priest of Israel

  • צוות כהנים עוסקים בלימוד הלכות טומאה וטהרה.jpg

    A group of kohanim studying the Mishnayot laws of Keilim in anticipation of the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash

  • Birkhat cohanim 1.JPG

    Large crowds congregate on Passover at the Western Wall to receive the priestly blessing

  • Blessing gesture depicted on the gravestone of Rabbi Meschullam Kohn (1739–1819), who was a kohen

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