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  • Medical, Moshiach
  • Kidney, kohen, moshiach

Would donating a kidney render a Kohen a Ba’al Mum, and unfit to serve in the Beis Hamikdash with Moshiach’s imminent coming?

  A removed kidney does not make a kohen a baal mum and his avodah is kosher. Additional point: There is a separate discussion in Poskim if one should pursue…

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  • Medical
  • hatzalah, kohen, tumah

Is a Kohen allowed to be a Hatzalah member?

  Yes, even though he might eventually enter a situation of pikuach nefesh and will have to come in contact with a dead body. If other hatzalah members which are…

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  • Uncategorized
  • cemetery, kohen, tumah

If a Kohen is driving by a cemetery and there are trees leaning over the road does closing the windows of the car help?

  This depends on many factors. It is best to avoid traveling through such a road wherever possible, even with the windows closed.   Sources: כמה פרטים בדבר: גדר אהל…

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  • Marriage
  • kohen

If a Kohen marries (Civil) a divorcee, does he lose status as a Kohen?

  No. He is a kohen, not a chalal, who is living in sin, and commits an aveira every time he engages in intimate relations with her. He remains a…

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  • Shidduchim
  • kohen, shidduch, zonah

Regarding Kohanim; what are the standards that a girl needs to meet in order for her to be fit for a Kohen? We have a friend who is not Frum at this time and has had a hard time finding a Shidduch as a Kohen. There is a girl who was “married” to a non-Jew at some point, but is no longer in that relationship. Is she suitable for a Kohen?

  It is a Biblical prohibition for a Kohen to marry a woman who lived previously with a Goi, she is called a "Zonah" in the Torah. If the boy…

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  • Tallis
  • birchas kohanim, duchan, kohen

If I am in a Shul where the Kohanim Duchan but I do not have a Tallis on, should I put one on just for Birchas Kohanim? That happened to me this morning, and I put it on without a blessing, because I was not putting on for the sake of the Mitzvah.  

  It depends, if you are a Kohen or not. The Kohen must wear a Tallis. Although it is not critical to Birchas Kohanim, and is purely a matter of Minhag, this…

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  • Birchas Kohanim, Davening
  • birchas kohanim, cohen, davening, kohen, lifting arms during birchas kohanim, surgery on shoulder

Due to surgery on my shoulder I have trouble keeping my arm up. Can I lean my arm on another Kohen’s shoulders by Birchas Kohanim?

If you wont fall if he moves away then it is permissible. You may also put your hand down between each word.   Sources: משנ״ב קכח ס"ק נא-נב; ביאורים ומוספים…

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