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Is there a Minhag for the Baal Habais to lead the Zimmun?

Is there a difference between Shabbos night and Shabbos day meal? What if there is a kohen present? Answer: There is such a custom that on Friday night…

Are people allowed to deny a Kohen his Aliyah?

Question: I have seen the seder of aliyos “Kohen-Levi-Yisroel” being disregarded way too many times, especially on Shabbos before Yud Shvat and Simchas Torah, when everyone wants an aliyah.…

מתי ניתן לדלג על עליית כהן

שאלה: ראיתי ב'שערים המצוינים בהלכה' של כ' זקנו כמה אופנים שניתן לקרוא לישראל במקום כהן. כמדומה שעיקר ההיתר הוא בעת שמנדב לביהכנ"ס. וכן שמעתי שב770 נותנים רק כשנותנים הרבה…

May a Kohen who is married to a non-Jew do Birchas Kohanim?

No. Sources: ראה שו״ע או״ח סי׳ קכ״ח סעי׳ מ׳, שו״ע אדה״ז סעי׳ נ״ג. ובמשנ״ב ס״ק קמ״ז דה״ה לזונה. וראה אבהע״ז סי׳ ו׳ סעי׳ ח׳ שנכרית בכלל זונה היא.…

Why don’t we find that nowadays a Shochet gives the זרוע, קיבה ולחיים, to a Kohen?

The accepted custom recorded in Shulchan Aruch is that this Mitzvah does not apply in Chutz L'aretz. In addition, Kohanim nowadays are generally only Kohanim based on Chazaka, thus…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Putting on a Tallis just for Birchas Kohanim

Question: 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…

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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