An ordinary kohen serves in four garments of white linen: the kutonet, the mikhnasayim, the migba'at and the avnet. The kutonet falls to just above the heel and its sleeves to the wrist; the mikhnasayim reach from above the navel to the knee; the migba'at is a strip of linen that the sons of Aharon wind “like a hat”; the avnet, thirty-two amot long, is wound turn over turn at the height of the elbows. The kohen serves barefoot: nothing may come between him and the pavement. The tamid tour dresses its six kohanim this way: at the Kiyor, on the kevesh, at the altar's corner, on the altar and in the Heikhal — each has his own entry.
Dimensions
- kutonet: to just above the heel; sleeve to the wrist, as wide as the hand
- mikhnasayim: from above the navel to the knee
- migba'at: sixteen amot of linen, wound like a hat
- avnet: three fingers wide, thirty-two amot long, wound turn over turn
- avnet worn at the height of the elbows
- linen thread twisted sixfold; only the avnet embroidered with wool
- barefoot on the pavement
- the figures: 1.71 to 1.77 m, about 3.6 amot
Sources
Project decisionAdopted: an ordinary kohen's avnet is embroidered with wool, like the Kohen Gadol's — Yoma 6a discusses it, and the Rambam rules so (Klei HaMikdash 8:1-2). Tour's choice: the pattern of the embroidery, in stripes of blue-violet, purple and scarlet, which the sources do not describe, the exact shape of the migba'at and the figures' gestures.