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  2. List of disqualifications for the Jewish priesthood - Wikipedia

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    The daughter of a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father, while halakhically Jewish, is prohibited from marrying a kohen according to the Shulchan Aruch, reiterated by Rav Moshe Feinstein. Due to a small doubt about this in the Talmud (Yevamos 45A-B), if such a marriage is performed the couple would not have to get divorced, see Shulchan Aruch 4:19.

  3. Presumption of priestly descent - Wikipedia

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    The later books of the Bible describe the use of lineage documents to prove priestly descent, [6] along with other recordings of lineage. [7]The Talmud gives little information regarding the content and form of the lineage document, in contrast to other Rabbinic documents that are described in greater length (for example the Ketubah, Get, business documents (Shtarei Kinyan), and the document ...

  4. Priestly divisions - Wikipedia

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    Following the Temple's destruction at the end of the First Jewish Revolt and the displacement to the Galilee of the bulk of the remaining Jewish population in Judea at the end of the Bar Kochva Revolt, Jewish tradition in the Talmud and poems from the period record that the descendants of each priestly watch established a separate residential seat in towns and villages of the Galilee, and ...

  5. Priestly Code - Wikipedia

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    The prohibition against an anointed high priest uncovering his head or rending his clothes (Leviticus 21:10) The prohibition against offerings by Aaronid priests who are blemished (Leviticus 21:21-22) Case law concerning a blasphemer (Leviticus 24:10-15a and 24:23) The order for a trumpet sounding on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 25:9b)

  6. Twenty-four priestly gifts - Wikipedia

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    1. an animal brought as a sin offering 2. guilt offering 3. sacrifices of the communal peace offering 4. a bird brought as a sin offering 5. the suspensive guilt offering (asham talui) [4] 6. the olive oil offering of a metzora [5] 7. the two loaves of bread (shtei halechem) brought on Shavuot 8. the showbread 9. the left-over portion of the ...

  7. The Torah instruction of the Kohanim - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, the instructions of the priests (Hebrew: תורת כהנים torat kohanim) are the rulings and teachings of the priests that are addressed to the Jewish people. [1] [2] Numerous Biblical passages attest to the role of the priests in teaching Torah to the people and in issuing judgment. Later rabbinic statements elaborate on these ...

  8. Priestly covenant - Wikipedia

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    [4] In midrash, the priestly covenant is one of five everlasting covenants, [5] [6] and can never be taken from Aaron and his descendants. [7] [8] The priesthood is one of five items that God calls "to me" (Hebrew לי), a term that connotes an eternal choice, as God himself is eternal. [9]

  9. Holiness code - Wikipedia

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    A date generally accepted by the proponents of the four-source hypothesis is sometime in the seventh century BC, when it presumably originated among the priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. [ 5 ] The Holiness Code also uses a noticeably different choice of vocabulary, repeating phrases such as I, Yahweh , am holy ; I am Yahweh ; and I am Yahweh ...