The global tribe of כהנים KoHaNim (priests) includes: Swahili kahini, Japanese koyane, Hopi Indian kachinas and Hawaii's big kahuna. There is a secular meaning of כהן KoHain as cheiftan, which is why King David's children are called Cohanim, even though they did not have Levi jeans, I mean Levitic genes. This allows into the club such leaders as Genghis KHAN, RizaKHAN Pahlavi, and Chinese kiun (prince -- whence tyCOON). The priestly blessing has a special hand gesture made famous by Star Trek's Vulcan Science Officer, who would offer the blessing: "Live long and prosper." Leonard Nemoy learned this from his synagogue in the formerly Jewish Roxbury, Mass. ... a stone's throw from my elementary school. ------------- Posted from Israel, where the priestly blessing is given daily, not just on festivals. Daily posts on Facebook/Twitter ... archived at www.edenics.net --Edenics web games also at www.edenics.net Edenics videolectures and most recent book: THE ORIGIN OF SPEECHES. Edenic (Biblical Hebrew) as the original, pre-Babel human language program see our many resources at www.edenics.org incl. videos in English, Spn, Fr. or Ger. upgraded youtube.com "intro to edenics" |