Margalit Zinati
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Margalit Zinati is an Israeli Jewish woman and member of the ancient Zinati family, which is one of the three priestly families that have lived in Peki'in for millennia.
Zinati at the Peki'in Synagogue square in 2016
Mazal-Saada, Yosef and Margalit Zinati in their home in Peki'in, from left to right, 1981.
Kohen
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Kohen is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronites or Aaronides. They are traditionally believed, and halakhically required, to be of direct patr
Margalit Zinati
…Margalit Zinati (Hebrew: מרגלית זינאתי; born October 1931) is an Israeli Jewish woman and member of the ancient Zinati family, which is one of the three priestly families that have lived in Peki'in for millennia. Margalit was for years the only Jew in the city and guarded the ancient synagogue. Margalit is known as the…
The high priest in his golden garments (the chain censer depicted is anachronistic).
The priestly breastplate of the high priest.
Kohen, Kohen Gadol and a Levite (Charles Foster, 1873)
Qodeš l-Yahweh (Paleo-Hebrew alphabet), "Holy to Yahweh", an inscription worn on the forehead of the High Priest of Israel