Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Birkat_Kohanim_(Priestly_Blessing)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Duchaning gptkb:Priestly_Blessing
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Judaism Jewish rituals Jewish blessings
gptkbp:customs	Kohanim remove shoes congregation covers heads hands form Hebrew letter Shin
gptkbp:foundIn	gptkb:Talmud
gptkbp:frequency	daily in Israel on holidays outside Israel
gptkbp:gender	performed by males
gptkbp:halachicSource	gptkb:Mishnah gptkb:Talmud gptkb:Shulchan_Aruch
gptkbp:iconography	Leonard Nimoy's Vulcan salute inspired by gesture
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legalStatus	gptkb:mitzvah gptkb:commandment
gptkbp:performedAt	gptkb:synagogue gptkb:Shabbat gptkb:Shacharit_service gptkb:Musaf_service gptkb:Yom_Tov special occasions Jewish prayer services weekday services (in Israel)
gptkbp:performedBy	gptkb:Kohanim descendants of Aaron
gptkbp:performedWith	outstretched hands tallit covering
gptkbp:purpose	to bless the congregation
gptkbp:significance	invokes divine protection ancient Jewish ritual invokes peace
gptkbp:text	Numbers 6:24-26
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Pidyon_Haben gptkb:Judaism gptkb:Brit_Milah weddings Jewish holidays Shabbat table blessings
gptkbp:verse	May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you
gptkbp:verse3	May the Lord lift up His face to you and give you peace
gptkbp:verseNumber	May the Lord bless you and guard you
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jewish_priests_(Kohanim) gptkb:Yom_Tov_(in_Orthodox_and_Conservative_communities)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing)