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I don't know if this question was asked before, but:

If, hypothetically, when the Mikdash will be built, somehow it was discovered that all kohanim were genealogically invalidated - chalalim in the lineage, converts, etc.1 What then? Would there be service in the Mikdash? Who would serve?

1 In this hypothetical situation, let's assume that there was a way to be certain of this 100% percent.

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    See H. Melakhim 12:3. Our Prophets, as understood by our Sages, assure us that this hypothetical will not materialize. One of the functions of משיח will be to purify/identify lineages.
    – Deuteronomy
    Mar 24, 2022 at 17:18
  • @Deuteronomy Thanks. I don't believe this is something that will happen, which is why I merely asking it as a hypothetical, out of curiosity. Probably not much crazier than someone throwing his wife a get from the second story and it bursts into flames on the way down, eh?
    – Harel13
    Mar 24, 2022 at 17:23
  • I am suggesting that methodologically the approach would be different. A priori we assume that we will have Kohanim, as per the Neviim (as understood by Hazal). The hypothetical of a get bursting into flames does not involve denying the sixth iqar emunah (or the second shoresh if you're looking through R. Yosef Albo's lens).
    – Deuteronomy
    Mar 24, 2022 at 17:33
  • @Deuteronomy is there a difference in principle between having no Kohanim and therefore not being able to do mitzvos involving them vs. having no Amalek and not being able to kill them?
    – Heshy
    Mar 24, 2022 at 17:59
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    A hypothetical of this type is not really valid. Since we know the bais hamikdash will be rebuilt and we will have korbanos, we know that there would be kohanim
    – sabbahillel
    Mar 24, 2022 at 22:50

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