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MEET RABBI YITZCHAK KOGEN FROM JERUSALEM. At 82 years old, he is the most senior of the thirty kohanim - priests - who have now received their bigdei kehunah - priestly garments - being produced by the Temple Institute. The garments are designed and manufactured in accordance with biblical requirements and are suitable to be worn by the priests while performing the Divine service in the Holy Temple. These garments are being sold only to kohanim who can prove that they are of the descendants of Aharon, brother of Moses, and father of the priestly dynasty. The garments are to be worn only for the purpose of performing the Divine service in the Holy Temple.
RABBI KOGEN is here seen at his fitting, as each garment must be custom tailored to each priest. Rabbi Kogen is related to the revered Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagen, commonly known as the Chafetz Chaim, (1838 - 1933). The Chafetz Chaim was also known to have prepared for himself his own priestly garments, in anticipation of the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. Rabbi Yitzchak Kogen, a holocaust survivor, is an inspiring example of the triumph of life and hope over the dark forces that seek to vanquish all that is good. No doubt, his burning faith that the words of the prophets will be fulfilled, and that the Jewish nation will soon rebuild G-d's Holy Temple, flows in the blood of his priestly lineage.
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