Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

But, and the Gemara says, and how do I know that he earned his kahuna only then?

Because the Paschal, in the end, the Yeshua says, vayishma pinchas hakohein.

That pinchas hakohein was yishma.

Prior to that, we never ever called him pinchas hakohein.

So, Rashi points out, what do you mean?

Pinchas ben al-azar ben aron hakohein.

We do say hakohein.

So Pinchas ben Elazar, a Kohen, does appear.

So how can you say that?

Because the Hakohen was only going on Elazar.

The Hakohen wasn't going on Pinchas up until now.

So you see that when the father is a Kohen and the child is not a Kohen, you can put Hakohen after the father's name and that's perfectly fine.

So that's what the Raya that the Chubasor Sameach has.

Now there are a couple of other approaches to this, of how to handle this situation.

The Chubas HaLachos Ketanos in Siman Kufnul Chas was asked how to sign Elazer Ben Aron in a get, and he said that if both are Kohanim, you should write not Elazer Ben Aron HaKohen, you should write Elazer HaKohen Ben Aron.

Because if you define Elazer as a Kohen, well then obviously he only became a Kohen because his father was a Kohen, that doesn't need to be said.

There's no way.

His father's a chalol and he's a kohen, right?

So obviously, if you say, so in a standard kohen, he says, put the kohen after the kid's name, not the father's name.

And then when you have a chalol, you can write it the way we write it and everyone will realize the difference.