Igud HaKohanim
Igud HaKohanim (The Association Of The Jewish Priesthood) is a national priesthood organization with an emphasis on the Jewish Priesthood, with over 300 members across the American Continent.
Founding[edit]
Founded in 2015, it counts kohanim rabbis as its members. The organization obtained non-profit status in March 2015 from the Internal Revenue Service[1] and functions as a licensed charitable organization in the State of New York.[2]
Leadership and members[edit]
The organization counts with an active Kashrut division overseeing matters of interest to the Jewish priesthood - such as the priestly gifts of gifting Challah to the kohen,[3] Foreleg, cheeks and maw,[4] and is active in the United States and Israel.
Members of the Igud;
- Rabbi Peretz HaKohen Rivkin, functioning president
- Rabbi Simcha Cohen
- Rabbi Efrayim Katz-Shurpin
- Rabbi Eliyahu Chayim Cohen
- Rabbi Levi Yitzchok HaKohen Zarchi
- Rabbi Yakov David HaKohen Cohen
Judaica creations and patents[edit]
In line with the organizations vision, the Igud publicizes kehuna-themed publications, audiobooks, and various Judaica objects; Custom-issued Pidyon HaBen Certificates, genuine sterling silver trumpets, and has obtained a US patent for "The Challah Cup" - a precise measuring untensil for the minimal size required for the Mitzvah of gifing Challah to the kohen.
Print publications and audiobook syndication[edit]
- The Torah Of Challah - Giving Challah To The Kohen
- Bat Kohen - The Marriage Of A Bat Kohen To A Kohen
- Introducing Zeroa Lechayayim and Keva - The National Birthright Of Kohanim
- Who Is A Kohen
- Alopecia Areata: Jewish Answers to a Modern Disease
- Vetted Kohen Listing: Igud HaKohanim's up-to-date listing of status-quo kohanim (5776-2016 eBook Edition) (5776-2016 Edition)
- Who Is A Kohen?: A Report On Today's Kohen Muchzak
- Parshat Nigei Or Adam (Volumes I and II) - Full Color Including real images of tzaraat based on Chazal and Rishonim (Volume 1) (Hebrew Edition)
- Mishpat HaKohanim: A complete guide to the laws of Zeroa, Lechayayim and Keva (Matanot Kehuna) (Volume 1) (Hebrew Edition)
- Who Is A Kohen?: A Report On Today's Kohen Muchzak
See also[edit]
- http://www.kehuna.org/ Official Web Site
- https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
- Five Towns Jewish Times, Our Gifts To Kohanim - by Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum 9-18-15
References[edit]
- ↑ https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=4221495&ein=473519828&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=473519828&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=1&names=&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States
- ↑ https://www.guidestar.org/profile/47-3519828
- ↑ known as the Dough offering, this biblical commandment is applicable in modern times as per Rabbinic teaching
- ↑ [Five Towns Jewish Times http://www.5tjt.com/our-gifts-to-kohanim/]
Jewish organizations in the United States[edit]
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