About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Oz, Zadok, Allon, Israeli, Cohen, Hebraization of surnames, Hassan, Animal names as first names in Hebrew, Barak, Aaron, Sarfati, Margolis, Yadin, Levi, Ben-Ami, Yaron, Halevi, Shore, Yahalom, Ben Gurion, Melamed, Rabin, Ashkenazi, Lamdan, Ben-David, Dayan, Eshkol, Sagan, Eshel, Peleg, Netanyahu, Peri, Eldad, Kimhi, Kalev, Geffen, Behar, Elon, Efron, Chargaff, Eliad, Yerushalmi, Saban, Harari, Alon, Naor, Bar-Ilan, Schorr, Rabban, Malamud, Katzir, Levanon, Maimon, Parnas, Almog, Ayalon, Margulies, Kenan, Heckscher, Rokeach, RABaD, Shalit, Ben Asher, Shabat, Inbal, Dahan, azzan, Benacerraf, Marshak, Atzmon, Etrog, Meir, Shaked, Shahaf, Hadar, Magid, Aharoni, Hanani, Roshal, Regev, Peled, Oron, Chait, Kidron, Oren, Drori, Akhiezer, Lotan, Meiri, Malmuth, Margulis, Banai, Raz, Segev, Poraz, Kasher, Ben-Ari, Aderet, Margolies, Agam, Egoz, Medan, Avram, Yamin, Gur Aryeh, Suchet, Ramban, Ish-Shalom, Ben-Zeev, Heifetz, Yakir, Ephron, Kishon, Gorion, Peles, Ashlag, Ben Haim, Narkis, Ben-Zvi, Livni, Vardi, Harpaz, Bar-Lev, Margules, Bar Zohar, Rashash, Harkavy, Abutbul, Dinur, Haimovich. Excerpt: Cohen (Hebrew: k h n', means: 'A Priest') is a Jewish surname of biblical origins (see: Kohen). It is a very common Jewish surname, comparable to 'Smith' in an English-language context. Bearing the surname indicates that one's patrilineal ancestors were priests in the Temple of Jerusalem. A single such priest was known as a Kohen, and the hereditary caste descending from these priests is collectively known as the Kohanim. As multiple languages were acquired through the Jewish diaspora, the surname acquired dozens of variants. Being a Kohen imposes some limitations: by Jewish religious law a Kohen may not marry a divorced woman, and may not marry a proselyte (someone who converted to Judaism). Nor should an observant Kohen come into...
