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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Judaism
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Priestly_Blessing
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:customs
                                    
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                                            Congregation covers heads with tallit
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Congregation does not look at Kohanim
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Kohanim cover their hands with a tallit
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:duration
                                    
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                                            brief
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:foundIn
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Talmud
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Numbers 6:24-26
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:halachicSource
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Talmud
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Shulchan_Aruch
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Mishnah_Berurah
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:importantFor
                                    
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                                            central to Jewish worship
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:influenced
                                    
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                                            Christian benedictions
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Jewish cultural practices
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:language
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Hebrew
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:musicBy
                                    
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                                            often chanted with special melody
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:origin
                                    
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                                            God's command to Moses and Aaron
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:performedAt
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Shabbat
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Shacharit_service
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Musaf_service
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Jewish_prayer_service
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Jewish holidays
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            daily (in Israel)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            special occasions (in Diaspora)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:performedBy
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Kohanim
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:performedWith
                                    
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                                            outstretched hands
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            bare feet (in some traditions)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:prohibits
                                    
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                                            Kohanim in mourning
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Kohanim who have consumed alcohol
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Kohanim with certain ritual impurities
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:purpose
                                    
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                                            to bless the congregation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:relatedTo
                                    
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                                            gptkb:synagogue
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Kohanim
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Aaronic_blessing
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Jewish_prayer_service
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Jewish priesthood
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:significance
                                    
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                                            invokes divine protection and favor
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:symbolizes
                                    
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                                            hands form shape of Hebrew letter Shin
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:usedIn
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Pidyon_Haben
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Judaism
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Brit_Milah
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            weddings
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Friday night blessings to children
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:verse
                                    
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                                            May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:verse3
                                    
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                                            May the Lord lift up His face to you and give you peace
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:verseNumber
                                    
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                                            3
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            May the Lord bless you and guard you
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Kohanim
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Shacharit
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Priestly_Blessing
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Aaronic_blessing
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ashkenazi_Machzor
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Cohanim
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Jewish_daily_prayers
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                            7
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            Birkat Kohanim
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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