Priestly Blessing
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The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction, also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands, rising to the platform, dukhenen, or duchening, is a Hebrew prayer recited by Kohanim. The tex
Large crowds congregate on Passover at the Western Wall to receive the priestly blessing
Ketef Hinnom scrolls: The second Silver Scroll, a scroll from the First Temple period containing the Priestly Blessing, on display at the Israel Museum. The scroll is the earliest known artifact written in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet.
Blessing gesture depicted on the gravestone of Rabbi and Kohen Meschullam Kohn (1739–1819)
Mosaic in the synagogue of Enschede
Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption,
Priestly Blessing
…bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace." Leonard Cohen, who was a kohen, ended his concert in Ramat Gan, Israel, on 24 September 2009, with the Priestly Blessing, reciting it in Hebrew. Ketef Hinnom…
Cohen in 1988
Cohen in 1988
Cohen at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, July 2008
2008 concert tour