What Are Those Hands Above the Ark Doing? Originally published April 27-28, 2018
July 24, 2018
At the Second Temple, there were steps leading up to a platform, behind which sat the Holy Ark. The Temple priests, the Kohanim (descendants of Aaron), would stand on the platform (or on the steps leading to it, depending on the source of information and the scholar discussing it) and bless the public standing below […]