Head Kohen - Kohen Gadol

Selection and annointing process for the kohen gadol; Succession

The kohen gadol's uniform

Daily minchah of the kohen gadol

The kohen gadol's service on Yom Kippur

Special tribal bull-offering brought by the kohen gadol on Yom Kippur

Special chatat for an erroneous ruling which leads to serious sin

Performing Temple services while he is an onein

The kohen gadol and the laws of tzaraat

Tearing clothing when mourning

Becoming impure

The kohen gadol and the service of the parah adumah

Procedure for litigation involving the kohen gadol

The relationship between the kohen gadol and the cities of refuge

Receiving lashes for sexual relations with a widow, divorcee or chalutzah

Sexual relationships of a kohen gadol which would create a mamzer

The kohen gadol is above the kohen who leads the army and the replacement kohen gadol: Yoma 73a

The kohen gadol is responsible to pray for the welfare of the nation: Makkot 11a

Whether a substitute wife was set up for the kohen gadol to marry on Yom Kippur, if his wife would die, so that he could serve as a married man: Succah 24a

Under the rule forbidding the kohen gadol's marriage to a woman who isn't a virgin, "virgin" refers to a woman who has never had sexual intercourse: Niddah 8b

The mother of the kohen gadol would provide food and garb for accidental murderers, to keep them from praying for the kohen gadol to die: Makkot 11a

What would happen if a kohen gadol attempted to marry a widow: Temurah 5b

Kohanim gedolim who ruled by force: Pesachim 57a

The Temple's Outer Room cried out against the presence of Yissachar Ish Kefar Barkai: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b

Yissachar Ish Kefar Barkai disdained the actual Temple Service, covering his hand with a silk covering: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28b

Punishment of Yissachar Ish Kefar Barkai: Pesachim 57a-b; Keritot 28b

Yishmael [or Elishama] ben Peachi was a good kohen gadol, and the Temple's Outer Room cried out for his presence: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b

Yochanan ben Narbai [or Nadbai] was a good kohen gadol, and the Temple's Outer Room cried out for his presence: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b

Rabbi Yishmael ben Kimchit: Yoma 47a

Rabbi Yosef ben Ulam, of Tzippori: Megillah 9b

The modesty of Kimchit in the way she covered her hair, and the reward she received of having her sons become kohen gadol: Yoma 47a



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