Friday, January 13, 2017

halacha - If a kohen participates in a stoning is he still allowed to bless the people?


The shulchan aruch codifies that a Kohen who kills someone may not bless the people. If, in the times when the Sanhedrin administered capital punishment, a Kohen saw a situation that warranted the death punishment by stoning, and the person was convicted, and the kohen as a witness participated in the stoning, would he be disqualified from blessing the people?




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