<HTML>While she is unmarried a bat kohen eats teruma, halla and other kohen
restricted foods.
A bat kohen's firstborn is not obligated in pidyon haben.
Rambam brings that the marriage of a bat kohen to a talmid chacham is oleh
yafeh.
Chazal say Tamar came from Shem and therefore Yehuda ruled she deserved
seraifa- B.R. 85:10, Rashi (and Sifsei Chachamim) on Br. 38:24
(14:18-Malkitzedek as Shem). Cf. Ramban and Hizkuni.
My oldest bat Kohen is Tamar Bat Tzion, named for that righteous bat
Kohen, mother of Moshiach's antecedents.
Barnea Levi Hacohen Selavan
Foundation Stone - Israel</HTML>
