The Costume of a Jewish Priest

Description of the illustration: church elder, greyscale drawing, outreaching arms, open arms, giving and receiving

Kohen or cohen (or kohain; Hebrew: כֹּהֵן‎, "priest", pl. כֹּהֲנִים‎ kohanim) is the Hebrew word for priest used colloquially in reference to the Aaronic priesthood. Jewish kohanim are traditionally believed and halakhically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the biblical Aaron. The term is colloquially used in Orthodox Judaism in reference to modern day descendants of Aharon, brother of Moses. Read more...

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A drawing of a Jewish High Priest in Biblical times.