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Aharon HaKohen

Aharon HaKohen

1396 BCE1273 BCE · Biblical · Mount Sinai (Wilderness)

Aharon ben Amram was the first Kohen Gadol (High Priest) of Israel and brother of Moses. He served as Moses's spokesman and partner in leading the Israelites from Egypt through the wilderness. Aharon was consecrated to the priesthood at Mount Sinai and established the service of the Tabernacle, creating the foundation for all subsequent Jewish priestly practice. In Talmudic tradition, he is remembered as a peacemaker who pursued peace and loved all people. He lived in the wilderness period and died on Mount Hor before the Israelites entered the Land of Canaan.

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Mount Sinai (Wilderness)Wilderness of Sinai

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About Mount Sinai (Wilderness)

Mount Sinai (Har Sinai, also called Horeb) is the mountain in the Sinai wilderness where, according to the Torah, God revealed Himself to the people of Israel and gave the Torah to Moses after the Exodus from Egypt. Its precise geographic location is not certain; it is traditionally identified with a peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula.

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Miriam HaNeviah, Moshe Rabbenu, Seventy Elders

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Related figuresMoshe RabbenuPinchas HaKohenMiriam HaNeviahSuggested by shared subject matter, not a documented teaching relationship.