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Population of Cohanim at the Torah reading.

The Rav Name: Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz

We have a Shabbat Chatan, and it will be held in a shul where all the members are Cohanim what should be the procedure for being called up to the Torah?

It is problematic to call up a Cohen to the Torah after a Cohen, and this is because there is a concern that someone might think that the first Cohen had a defect. In this case however, where everyone realizes that the reason for calling up Cohen after Cohen is because everyone on the premises is a Cohen, it can be done.

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