SCHEDULE
Sunday evening, July 15– Welcoming Dinner
Major rabbinical and other speakers
Premier Screening of “To Be a Kohen, of the Tribe of Levi”
Honors Presentations
Monday - in Jerusalem’s Old City
Rosh Hodesh Prayer at the Kotel with Kohanim Blessing
Yom Iyun –Day of Learning – at the HaKotel Hall, Jewish Quarter
Chief Rabbis and other important speakers, exhibitions, information tables
Tuesday - Conference Center at the Renaissance Hotel
AM - session - Halacha Today - eg. avoiding impurity, contemporary issues, ‘Shiduchim’
PM - session - Depth from the Zohar and Kabbala; Kohen-Levi Genealogy;
Spiritual leaders – students of Aharon - promoting love, peace and blessing
Wednesday - A Day of the Temple
AM – session -unique educational Seminar presented by the Temple Institute with models and actual Temple vessels
PM – visit–preserved homes of Kohanim in late 2nd Temple Times, and climb the actual steps to the entrance of the Temple ...
Thursday – In the Footsteps of the Kohanim and Leviim
Optional bus tour of Kohanim & Levite related sites - Modiin – home of the Macabees, Nov – ancient city of Kohanim, Shilo – site of the Mishkan...
Invited participants include:
HaRav Simcha HK Kook – Chief Rabbi, Rehovot;
Rabbi Shlomo HK Riskin – Chief Rabbi, Efrat;
HaRav Avigdor HL Nevensahl – Chief Rabbi, Old City, Jerusalem;
Professor Karl HK Skorecki – discoverer of the “Cohen-Gene”
...And many others from across the spectrum of the Jewish world
At the Conference
- Halachic information, Publications, Exhibitions, Art and artifacts,Temple resources,
- ‘Pirche’- youth activities, Shiduchim,Genealogies - tracing names & places,
- ‘DNA & Tradition’ presentation, Sessions in English and Hebrew, special session for women
- Designed for synagogue and other groups, families, fathers and sons, and individuals
- Package Tour – 2 weeks in Jerusalem available, with ModiinTours.com
A project of the Center for Kohanim, Old City Jerusalem
Founder– Rav Nachman HK Kahana
Director– Rabbi Yaakov HK Kleiman
www.Cohen-Levi.org
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