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The Kohen sits at the head: Moed Katan 28b
Special Nature of Kohanim
Kohanim are considered to be extra-careful [zerizin] in their Mitzvot: Shabbat 114b; Eruvin 103a; Pesachim 36a, 37a, 59b, 65a; Zevachim 35a
The Kohanim's special "care" [above] implies speed, but not necessarily physical caution: Pesachim 65a; Zevachim 35a
Considering Kohanim to be combative people: Shabbat 149b
The Rabbis made an edict for
Automatic Impurity of the Hands
for Offerings brought with
improper intent
and
late offerings
, because of fear of lazy Kohanim, or suspicion of the Kohanim: Pesachim 120b-121a
The Torah gave Kohanim extra sanctity: Temurah 4b
Special Status
The Kohanim as the emissaries of the rest of the Jews, or of Gd: Nedarim 35b-36a; Kiddushin 23b
A Kohen shouldn't marry off his daughter to a regular Jew, unless the regular Jew is a
Torah Scholar
: Pesachim 49a
Source for separating Kohanim, as a family, from the
Levites
: Pesachim 104a
Better to
work for a living
rather than be supported for one's status as a Kohen: Pesachim 113a
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