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Just days before the holiday commemorating the destruction of the Holy Temples, Tisha B’Av, a group of Jewish priests and Levites hurried across the centuries-worn cobblestones of this holy city to ...

"It's a bird, it's a plane." No, it's just the Kohen Gadol, ordinary mortal but super-hero, nonetheless, serving G-d in the Holy Temple. With the powers vested in his priestly vestments, the integrity ...

What is the Kohen’s most important role? Whenever we think of a Kohen (a priest) our thoughts immediately go to the cultic, the sacrifices and the Temple. Most associate the priest’s role with the ...

The 124 verses of Parashat Emor divide very naturally into six sections: The first section (Leviticus 21:1-22:16) prescribes the laws pertaining to Kohanim (Priests). The second section (22:17-25) ...

The Temple in Jerusalem was not a place of ritual worship as were temples of other religions. This was not a place that held impressive ceremonies that lacked content.