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From: jak@cdstar.UUCP (Joe Konstan)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Priests, Rabbis, and ears
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 08:45:53 EST
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Summary: Funny, I've met many

In article <4249@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>, lear@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear) writes:
> I would certainly be curious to know.  After 20 years of existence as a jew
> I've never met a Jewish Priest that was not a Rabbi.
The "priests" in Jewish faith are actually members of the priestly tribe
(the Kohanim) who say a benediction over the congragation on high
holidays (notably Yom Kippur).  This has nothing to do with rabbis or
the daily operation of the synagogue.