The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim), also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands...

their priestly service in the portable Tabernacle. Priestly duties involved offering the Temple sacrifices, and delivering the Priestly Blessing. When...

otherwise ordinary holiday morning service is the performance of the Priestly Blessing as part of the Shacharit service before the celebrations connected...

and is told: "I will bless you, I will make your name great." The Priestly Blessing is set forth at Numbers 6:24–26: May Adonai bless you, and guard you;...

two tiny silver scrolls, inscribed with portions of the well-known Priestly Blessing from the Book of Numbers and apparently once used as amulets, were...

cases, in Conservative Judaism), Kohanim, members of the priestly class, offer the Priestly Blessing before the congregation on certain occasions. Before...

ceremonies like the Priestly Blessing should evolve from their Temple-based origins. (The argument for women's involvement in the Priestly Blessing acknowledges...

Orthodox Judaism. During the Priestly Blessing, the Levites traditionally wash the hands of the Kohanim prior to the blessing of the House of Israel. ("A...

some Hasidic communities such as Satmar have the custom of having Priestly Blessing recited during the Mussaf service. Some communities such as Bobov...

are some Hebrew prayers and blessings that are part of Judaism that are recited by many Jews. Most prayers and blessings can be found in the Siddur, or...

Am Not Spock, Nimoy, who was Jewish, wrote that he based it on the Priestly Blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim with both hands, thumb to thumb in this...

the Priestly Blessing. Rav Havivi (or some say Rav Assi) of Hozna'ah said to Rav Ashi that a Tanna taught that Aaron first said the Priestly Blessing of...

of performing the Priestly Blessing and receiving terumah at the threshing floor, while in Syria and Babylonia the Priestly Blessing constituted adequate...

setting of the Priestly Blessing, also known as the Aaronic blessing, from the Book of Numbers in the Bible (Numbers 6:24–26). The blessing, sung or spoken...

The priestly breastplate or breastpiece of judgment (Hebrew: חֹשֶׁן ḥōšen) was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites, according...

or Priestly Blessing – a gesture of benediction in Judaism, used (especially by those of Kohanic or priestly descent) when reciting the Priestly Blessing...

Old City of Jerusalem, and were found to contain a variation of the Priestly Blessing, found in Numbers 6:24–26. The scrolls were dated paleographically...

The priestly mitre or turban (Hebrew: מִצְנֶפֶת, romanized: miṣnep̄eṯ) was the head covering worn by the High Priest of Israel when he served in the Tabernacle...

Judaism) a few priestly and Levitical functions, such as the pidyon haben (redemption of a first-born son) ceremony and the Priestly Blessing, have been retained...

The earliest parts of Jewish prayer are the Shema Yisrael and the Priestly Blessing, which are in the Torah. Maimonides asserts that until the Babylonian...

range spans from F♯3 to E5. The lyrics are largely taken from the Priestly Blessing found in the Book of Numbers within the Old Testament of the Bible...

Eastern Ashkenazic rite, verses including Numbers 6:24-26 (known as the Priestly Blessing), the Mishnah Peah 1:1, and Talmud Shabbat 127a are recited; in the...

the name was pronounced daily in the liturgy of the Temple in the priestly blessing of worshippers, after the daily sacrifice; in synagogues, though,...

that the author of the passage, which textual scholars attribute to the priestly source, was not actually entirely aware of what they were either. Nevertheless...

the priesthood, especially when they wished to show that a person was of priestly descent..." The khamsa holds recognition as a bearer of good fortune among...

Hashana By a kohen, prior to a service in which he will recite the priestly blessing Before a Jewish holiday, either as an extension of the custom of kohanim...

Ashkenazic communities in Israel, the Priestly Blessing is recited daily. Barechenu (the substitute for the Priestly Blessing) is recited daily at Shacharit...

In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly...

offering the daily and holiday Temple sacrifices, and administering the Priestly Blessing to the people. The change between shifts took place on Shabbat at...

famous discoveries are two small silver scroll amulets containing the priestly benediction from the Book of Numbers (Numbers 6:24–26), which he discovered...