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McCain uses the phone to target colleagues 2009

The kohen (member of the priestly class) was usually entrusted with the purification of individuals so afflicted, but Aaron was invalidated in this case, because he was a relative of Miriam.

Miriam: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Another exegesis learns from Rahab that a sincere convert, who converts for the sake of Heaven, merits having his daughter be married to a kohen and his grandsons becoming kohanim themselves, who will bless Israel.

Rahab: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

R. Ishmael understands “he may defile himself” as granting the kohen permission, if he so chooses, while “R. Akiva says, It is obligatory” (BT Sotah 3a).

Akiva, Rabbi. 2009

The great significance that R. Akiva affords the institution of marriage is also seen from his interpretation of the verse that specifies for which of his deceased relatives a kohen may incur corpse impurity.

Akiva, Rabbi. 2009

Legal status in Judaism is determined by age, sex, legal capacity and, to some extent, by class (kohen, levi, yisrael) and societal status.

Legal-Religious Status of the Female According to Age. leBeit Yoreh 2009

Jewish Genetics, Part 2: Cohens and Levites kohen, cohen, levite DNAIn a similar way, there is no Jewish haplotype and genetics cannot ‘prove’ whether someone is a Jew; that is a matter for religious authorities.

Turn off the lights, for now everything just seems so right | ATTACKERMAN 2009

The “kohen gene” is irrelevant in determining who is a Kohen.

JPPPI Don’t Like Frum People | Jewschool 2007

If it is a lesbian marriage, who cannot marry a kohen?

The Decision Is In: Yes to Gay Rabbis, Commitment Ceremonies | Jewschool 2006

Yevamot 76a asks whether women who, “rub one against the other” may marry a kohen.

Support Gay Rights? No Jesus Cookie For You… | Jewschool 2004