- Halacha
- General Questions
Cohanim Ancestral
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Tishrei 6, 5769
Question
Can a DNA test proove that I am a cohen?
Answer
Demonstrating that one has the “Cohen gene” does not prove that someone is a Cohen, since numerous non-genetic factors may disqualify someone from being a Cohen. If the families were fully Halachically observant, and have a family tradition that they were Cohanim, one can assume that one is a Cohen. This means, that the observant antecedents received the first Aliyah to the Torah or performed Nesiat Kapayim (duchening).
If not, one should not assume that one is.
Left-Handed Cohen
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 21 Sivan 5767
Cohenim and conversion
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 11, 5768
The Cohanim lineage
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 12, 5768
Cohanim
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 18, 5768
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Was the Rabbi of the Young Israel of Greater Buffalo, the Congregation Darchei Tzedek and also served as a dayan on the Beis Din of Baltimore. Now is a Rabbi in Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem. His Shiurim and Q&A can be found on his site: www.rabbikaganoff.com
Rosh Hodesh as Women’s Holiday
Sivan 26, 5768
Remarriage to first husband after relations
Nisan 30, 5768
Benefiting from mechalel Shabbos/Yom Tov
Nisan 30, 5768
Riding in a Car on Shabbat Driven by Non-Jew
Iyyar 25, 5768
Bracha on water
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | Cheshvan 16, 5769
Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773
The Meaning of the Abbreviation "Shlita"
Various Rabbis | 25 Tammuz 5765
Water - Kosher?
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Adler | 4 Tevet 5763
Who is included in anti-Semitism?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 16, 5783
Cooking on Shabbos
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Adar 23, 5783
