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Mitzvot by Theme
Kohen / Priests

Positive Mitzvot:

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50

Give honour to a Kohen

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51

Whoever slaughters a pure domestic animal give the Kohen the shoulder, cheeks and stomach.

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52

Give to the Kohen the first wool

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53

Sanctify the first born male that opens the womb

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54

A Jew to redeem his first born son from an Israelite woman

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55

Redeem the first born male donkey with a lamb

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56

Break the neck of firstling male donkey if not been redeemed

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57

Separate dough from the batch and give it to the Kohen

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58

The Kohanim bless the Jews  

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59

A Kohen to defile himself for his close relatives.

Prohibitions:

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138

Kohen is not to marry a zonah

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139

Kohen should not marry a profaned woman.

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140

Kohen is not to marry a divorced woman.

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141

Kohen not to be defiled by a dead person.

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