[Avodah] How to become a kohein

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 01:13:29PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
: I am fascinated by this, and I have to wonder: Can we extend this logic to
: Yaakov himself? Is it possible that he had additional children in Mitzraim,
: and they simply aren't listed?

Yaaqov was born in 2108 and goes to Mitzrayim in 2238, he's 130. Avraham
was "va'adoni zaqein" at 99, so however aging workd for the avos, we can
sure 130 was well past surprisingly old age for fathering children.

So, I don't think it's likely.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha