Nachman Kahana

Nachman Kahana (also spelled Kahane) (Hebrew: רב נחמן בן רב יחזקאל שרגא כהנא) is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli conservative rabbi.

 Biography 
Kahana was born in 1937 and raised in Brooklyn, where he attended a branch of the Novardok Yeshiva, where he was ordained. 

He descends from Rav Charles Kahane, who fathered his brother, Rabbi Meir Kahana, chairman of Kach.

 Career 
He worked as a civil servant in Israel's Ministry of Religious Affairs and has also led the Birkat Kohanim Institute, which has attempted to establish a database of reliable Kohanim in Israel. He is the founder of the Center for Kohanim.

He is currently the spiritual leader of Hazon Yichezkeil a member synagogue of Young Israel (Yisrael Hatzair) in the Old City of Jerusalem. Additionally he has founded the Institute for Talmudic Commentaries (המכון להסברת מפרשי התלמוד) through which he has published "Mei Menuchot" (מי מנוחות - Restful Waters) a Hebrew elucidation of the Tosafot commentary on several tractates of the Talmud. He has also been cited as collaborating on the recent and controversial attempts to resurrect the ancient Sanhedrin in the capacity of Av Beit Din (אב בית דין - Father of the Court House), which is the second in command to the Rosh HaYeshiva / Nasi ( נשיא/ראש הישיבה - Head of the Yeshiva/Prince). He has created a database of reliable Kohanim in Israel.
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