3,895. Who May Be Anointed

Hilchos Klei HaMikdash 1:6

A person is liable regardless of whether he anoints himself or someone else with the anointing oil, as per Exodus 30:33: “One who places from it on an outsider.” If a person rubs it on utensils, an animal, a non-Jew or on the deceased, he is exempt, as per verse 30:32: “It may not be rubbed on the flesh of a man” [referring to a live Jewish man].

Hilchos Klei HaMikdash 1:7

We may never use this oil except to anoint the Kohein Gadol, the kohein who is anointed for war and kings of the Davidic dynasty. Even a Kohein Gadol who is the son of a Kohein Gadol is anointed, as per Leviticus 21:10: “And the kohein who is above his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured….” [Alternatively, as per Leviticus 6:15: “The anointed kohein after him from among his sons....”]