Priestly Blessing

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Duchaning
gptkb:Birkat_Kohanim
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Kohanim
gptkb:Aaronic_priesthood
gptkbp:category gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:religion
gptkb:Blessings_in_Judaism
Jewish rituals
gptkbp:chapter Numbers 6:24-26
gptkbp:customs congregation covers heads with tallit during blessing
Kohanim remove shoes before blessing
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Book_of_Numbers
gptkbp:genderOfReciters male Kohanim
gptkbp:handGestureSymbolizes gptkb:Hebrew_letter_Shin
gptkbp:handSigns split-fingered V shape
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Priestly Blessing
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Vulcan_salute
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Talmud
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:musicalSettingsBy gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Max_Janowski
gptkb:Shlomo_Carlebach
gptkbp:originatedIn God's command to Moses
gptkbp:performedWith special hand gesture
outstretched hands
gptkbp:prohibits Kohanim in mourning may not recite
Kohanim who have consumed alcohol may not recite
Kohanim with certain blemishes may not recite
gptkbp:purpose to bless the congregation
gptkbp:recitedBy gptkb:Israel
gptkb:High_Holidays
gptkb:Kohanim
gptkb:Shabbat
gptkb:Shacharit_service
gptkb:Musaf_service
gptkb:Yom_Tov
Diaspora
Jewish prayer services
gptkbp:recitedFrequency daily in Israel
on festivals in Diaspora
gptkbp:significance invokes divine protection and peace
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Pidyon_Haben
gptkb:synagogue
gptkb:Brit_Milah
weddings
Jewish homes
Friday night blessing of children
gptkbp:verse May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you
gptkbp:verse3 May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace
gptkbp:verseNumber 3
May the Lord bless you and keep you
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Aaronic_priests
gptkb:Kohanim
gptkb:Birkat_Kohanim
gptkb:Musaf_(on_Shabbat_and_holidays)
gptkb:Musaf_Amidah
gptkb:Aaron_(biblical_figure)
gptkb:Aaronic_blessing
gptkb:Sotah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6