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When is Birkat Cohanim said?

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	#Birkat Cohanim is done in [[Shacharit]], [[Musaf]], and [[Ne'ilah]]. It is not done during [[Mincha]] because perhaps the Cohen drank wine, and a Cohen who is intoxicated may not do Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam (Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:1) </ref>		#Birkat Cohanim is done in [[Shacharit]], [[Musaf]], and [[Ne'ilah]]. It is not done during [[Mincha]] because perhaps the Cohen drank wine, and a Cohen who is intoxicated may not do Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam (Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:1) </ref>
	#Therefore, during a fast day which doesn't have [[Ne'ilah]] (like [[Tish'a B'av]] (the ninth of av) or [[Shiv'a Asar B'tamuz]] ([[The 17th of Tamuz]]), we do Birkat Cohanim during [[mincha]], since we are not worried about the Cohanim being intoxicated if they are fasting.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:2</ref>		#Therefore, during a fast day which doesn't have [[Ne'ilah]] (like [[Tish'a B'av]] (the ninth of av) or [[Shiv'a Asar B'tamuz]] ([[The 17th of Tamuz]]), we do Birkat Cohanim during [[mincha]], since we are not worried about the Cohanim being intoxicated if they are fasting.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:2</ref>
	#There is no Birkat Cohanim at night. <ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 339. Hacham Ovadia (Yechave Daat 6:40) rules that Birkat Kohanim should not be recited after Set Ha’kochavim (nightfall), which occurs approximately 20 minutes after sunset. However, during the period of Ben Ha’shemashot, which extends for approximately 13-15 minutes after sundown, the blessing may be recited. Halacha Brurah, vol. 6, p. 609 concurs.</ref>		#There is no Birkat Cohanim at night.<ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 339. Hacham Ovadia (Yechave Daat 6:40) rules that Birkat Kohanim should not be recited after Set Ha’kochavim (nightfall), which occurs approximately 20 minutes after sunset. However, during the period of Ben Ha’shemashot, which extends for approximately 13-15 minutes after sundown, the blessing may be recited. Halacha Brurah, vol. 6, p. 609 concurs.</ref>
	#Birkat Cohanim is only said if there is a [[minyan]] and the [[minyan]] includes the Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:2, Mishna Brurah 128:2</ref>		#Birkat Cohanim is only said if there is a [[minyan]] and the [[minyan]] includes the Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:2, Mishna Brurah 128:2</ref>
			#If the entire minyan is made up of cohanim, if there are only ten cohanim there then all of them go up to do Birkat Cohanim. However, if there are more than ten cohanim, the cohanim who is in excess of ten go up, but a minyan of cohanim remain behind in order to receive the blessing.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 128:25</ref>
			#If there are a lot of cohanim in the room, as long as there is at least one yisrael who can receive the bracha, every other cohen should go up to do birkat cohanim.<ref>Magen Avraham 128:38, Mishna Brurah 128:101, Shulchan Aruch Harav 128:38, Kaf Hachaim 128:150</ref>

	==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim==		==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim==

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Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Shaliach Tzibbur

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	#The sheliach tzibur should say the words of Birkat Cohanim one word at a time, and the Cohen should repeat each word after the shaliach tzibbur.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 3, Shulchan Aruch 128:13 </ref>		#The sheliach tzibur should say the words of Birkat Cohanim one word at a time, and the Cohen should repeat each word after the shaliach tzibbur.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 3, Shulchan Aruch 128:13 </ref>
	#The sheliach tzibbur should say each word to the Cohanim out loud and not quietly.<ref>Halichot Shlomo 10:15 </ref> If one of the Cohanim didn’t hear a word (even the name of Hashem), the sheliach tzibbur should repeat it out loud.<ref>Halichot Shlomo (pg 133 note 56) </ref>		#The sheliach tzibbur should say each word to the Cohanim out loud and not quietly.<ref>Halichot Shlomo 10:15 </ref> If one of the Cohanim didn’t hear a word (even the name of Hashem), the sheliach tzibbur should repeat it out loud.<ref>Halichot Shlomo (pg 133 note 56) </ref>
	#The sheliach tzibur should not answer "[[Amen]]" to the [[blessings]] of the Cohanim like the rest of the congregation, out of concern that he will become confused about which beracha he is up to.<ref>Rambam (Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:5), Shulchan Aruch 128:19</ref>However, if the shaliach tzibbur is praying from a Siddur and is confident that he won't get confused which beracha he is up to, he may answer [[Amen]] after the berachot of the Cohanim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:12</ref>However, some Sephardim hold that the sheliach tzibbur shouldn't answer [[amen]] even if he's using a Siddur.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, [[Tefillah]] vol 2, pp. 360-2), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano volume 1 page 118</ref>		#The sheliach tzibur should not answer "[[Amen]]" to the [[blessings]] of the Cohanim like the rest of the congregation, out of concern that he will become confused about which beracha he is up to.<ref>Rambam (Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim 14:5), Shulchan Aruch 128:19</ref> However, if the shaliach tzibbur is praying from a Siddur and is confident that he won't get confused which beracha he is up to, he may answer [[Amen]] after the berachot of the Cohanim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:12</ref> However, some Sephardim hold that the sheliach tzibbur shouldn't answer [[amen]] even if he's using a Siddur.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (5764 edition, [[Tefillah]] vol 2, pp. 360-2), Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano volume 1 page 118</ref>
	#Some say that the Shaliach Tzibbur should certainly not answer [[amen]] to the Berachat HaMitzvah the Cohanim make prior to Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71 quotes some who are strict not to let the Shaliach Tzibbur answer [[Amen]] to the birchat hamitzvah made by the cohanim because it would be an interruption to the [[tefillah]]. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:14) agrees with that opinion. </ref>		#Some say that the Shaliach Tzibbur should certainly not answer [[amen]] to the Berachat HaMitzvah the Cohanim make prior to Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71 quotes some who are strict not to let the Shaliach Tzibbur answer [[Amen]] to the birchat hamitzvah made by the cohanim because it would be an interruption to the [[tefillah]]. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:14) agrees with that opinion. </ref>
	#If the Sheliach Tzibbur reaches Retzeh and the last Cohen has not yet started walking towards the Duchan (from the sink), he should wait until he does before saying HaMachazir Shechinato LeTzion.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:28</ref>		#If the Sheliach Tzibbur reaches Retzeh and the last Cohen has not yet started walking towards the Duchan (from the sink), he should wait until he does before saying HaMachazir Shechinato LeTzion.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:28</ref>

			=== If the Shaliach Tzibur is a Cohen ===

			# If the Shaliach Tzibur is a Cohen if there are only Cohanim there, he should not do the Birkat Cohanim. Even though some poskim allow the Shaliach Tzibur Cohen to duchan if he has a Siddur and is confident that he'll be able to return to the Chazarat Hashatz afterwards, most do not allow this.<ref>Pri Chadash 128:20 holds that even if there are other Cohanim the Shaliach Tzibur Cohen should duchan as long as he's confident that he can return to Chazarat Hashatz afterwards and not get confused. He proves this from Rabbenu Mano'ach and disputes Shulchan Aruch who is based on Hagahot Maimoni. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 128:20 holds that the Shaliach Tzibur Cohen does not duchan if there are others there. Mishna Brurah (Shaar Hatziyun 128:64) writes that if a place has a minhag like the Pri Chadash a person should not protest. </ref>
			# If the Shaliach Tzibur is a Cohen and there are no other Cohanim in the minyan, he should do Birkat Cohanimas long as he's confident that he can return to his Chazarat Hashatz afterwards.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 128:20</ref>
			# If the Shaliach Tzibur is a Cohen and there is only one other Cohen in the minyan, this has the status of having other Cohanim in which case the Shaliach Tzibur does not duchan. Some say that this has the status of not having other Cohanim and the Shaliach Tzibur should duchan. There is such a minhag in Eretz Yisrael.<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=885&pgnum=170 Az Nidbaru 13:34]</ref>

	==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim==		==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim==

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	==The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim Nowadays==		==The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim Nowadays==

	#The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim is biblical (Deorayta), in all places at all times (even nowadays).<ref>Sefer HaChinuch (378), Shaar HaTziyun 128:131*, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, pg 217), Shu"t Mishkenot Yaakov 66. </ref> It is based on the pasuk "דַּבֵּר אֶל-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל-בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר, כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: אָמוֹר, לָהֶם" meaning "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is how you must bless the Israelites".<ref>Bamidbar 6:23</ref>		#The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim is biblical (Deorayta), in all places at all times (even nowadays).<ref>Sefer HaChinuch (378), Shaar HaTziyun 128:131*, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, pg 217), Shu"t Mishkenot Yaakov 66. Rambam (Mitzvah Aseh 26) and Chinuch 378 describe the mitzvah as a mitzvah that applies to Cohanim once a day every day. However, Yereyim 269, Smag 20, and Smak 113 write that the mitzvah is specifically when the Cohanim are called upon to do Birkat Cohanim. </ref> It is based on the pasuk "דַּבֵּר אֶל-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל-בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר, כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: אָמוֹר, לָהֶם" meaning "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is how you must bless the Israelites".<ref>Bamidbar 6:23</ref>
	#The Mitzvah isn’t strictly obligatory, but rather a Mitzvah which is an opportunity to fulfill a positive command, similar to [[Tzitzit]].<ref>Dvar Avraham 1:31 </ref>		#The Mitzvah isn’t strictly obligatory, but rather a Mitzvah which is an opportunity to fulfill a positive command, similar to [[Tzitzit]].<ref>Dvar Avraham 1:31 </ref>
	#The Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work.<ref>Rama 128:44 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 agrees. For other reasons to explain the Ashkenazi minhag see Bet Yosef 128 quoting the Sefer Chasidim, Sh”t Zera Emet 3:13, and Sh”t Bet Efraim 6 </ref> Throughout Jewish history, some have made a great effort to change this minhag (in order to fulfill this biblical Mitzvah) and were unsuccessful.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan 128:64 </ref>		#The Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work.<ref>Rama 128:44 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 agrees. For other reasons to explain the Ashkenazi minhag see Bet Yosef 128 quoting the Sefer Chasidim, Sh”t Zera Emet 3:13, and Sh”t Bet Efraim 6 </ref> Throughout Jewish history, some have made a great effort to change this minhag (in order to fulfill this biblical Mitzvah) and were unsuccessful.<ref>Aruch HaShulchan 128:64 </ref>
	#Some have the practice to not do Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], however, the poskim strongly disapprove of this and urge to discontinue this practice without causing conflict.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:165, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 3:18, 5:15. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 who quotes the minhag not to say Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], but says the minhag to say it on [[Yom Tov]] even when it falls out on [[Shabbat]] is the more proper minhag. </ref>		#Some have the practice to not do Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], however, the poskim strongly disapprove of this and urge to discontinue this practice without causing conflict.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:165, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 3:18, 5:15. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 who quotes the minhag not to say Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], but says the minhag to say it on [[Yom Tov]] even when it falls out on [[Shabbat]] is the more proper minhag. </ref>
			#Many poskim hold that the mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim is only derabbanan if there is only one Cohen.<ref>Tur 128:4 quotes Rabbenu Peretz as holding that if there aren't two cohanim Birkat Cohanim is only derabbanan. Tur disagrees. Bet Yosef adds that Smak and Hagahot Maimoni agree with the Rabbenu Peretz. Biur Halacha 128:25 is concerned for the opinion of Rabbenu Peretz. </ref> If a Cohen is the only Cohen in the minyan and there's another minyan nearby with only one Cohen, some say that if the minyan he's at wants him to do Birkat Cohanim for them he can stay where he is.<ref>Rabbi Belsky (Shulchan Halevi 2:14) writes that even though some poskim hold that Birkat Cohanim is only deoritta when recited with two Cohanim, so perhaps he should go to the other minyan in order to do Birkat Cohanim with two Cohanim. However, he concludes based on Shabbat 118b that since the congregations wants him to do Birkat Cohen he may do so in order to fulfill their wishes. </ref>

	==Upon whom is the mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim?==		==Upon whom is the mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim?==

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	#A Cohen who drank a [[revi'it]] of wine at any time should not do Birkat Cohanim until the effects of the wine have worn off.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 4, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:3</ref>		#A Cohen who drank a [[revi'it]] of wine at any time should not do Birkat Cohanim until the effects of the wine have worn off.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 4, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:3</ref>
	#A Cohen who recited Birkat Cohanim and went to another synagogue while the congregation hasn't yet reached Birkat Cohanim, should partake in that [[minyan]]'s Birkat Cohanim. A Cohen may recite Birkat Cohanim several times during the day.<ref>Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 28b, Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 11, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:19</ref>		#A Cohen who recited Birkat Cohanim and went to another synagogue while the congregation hasn't yet reached Birkat Cohanim, should partake in that [[minyan]]'s Birkat Cohanim. A Cohen may recite Birkat Cohanim several times during the day.<ref>Gemara [[Rosh Hashana]] 28b, Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 11, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:19</ref>
	#If a Cohen who already performed Birkat Cohanim is in another shul which hasn't yet reached Birkat Cohanim, he doesn't violate the biblical commands if he doesn't do Birkat Cohanim another time. However, if he does do Birkat Cohanim a second time, he should make a new beracha prior to Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:3, Mishna Brurah 128:11</ref>		##However, once he did Birkat Cohanim once a day he doesn't have to do it again. If he is in a shul that is doing it and he isn't, he should leave the room so that people don't think he is an invalid Cohen.<ref>Halacha Brurah 128:12</ref>
	#A Cohen is forbidden marry a divorcee or a convert. If he does, his child has the title of a "Challal", and this child may not do Birkat Cohanim. He and all his ~~descendents~~ are "Challalim" and may not do Birkat Cohanim (because they are not considered Cohanim).<ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 322 Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 5</ref>		#If a Cohen who already performed Birkat Cohanim is in another shul which hasn't yet reached Birkat Cohanim, he doesn't violate the biblical commands if he doesn't do Birkat Cohanim another time. However, if he does do Birkat Cohanim a second time, he should make a new beracha prior to Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:3, Mishna Brurah 128:11, Halacha Brurah 128:13, Yalkut Yosef 128:15</ref>
			#A Cohen is forbidden marry a divorcee or a convert. If he does, his child has the title of a "Challal", and this child may not do Birkat Cohanim. He and all his descendants are "Challalim" and may not do Birkat Cohanim (because they are not considered Cohanim).<ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 322 Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 5</ref>
	#A sick person who is attached to a catheter, which holds his urine under his clothing, may do Birkat Cohanim as long as his outer clothes are clean, and there is no bad smell coming out of him.<ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 319</ref>		#A sick person who is attached to a catheter, which holds his urine under his clothing, may do Birkat Cohanim as long as his outer clothes are clean, and there is no bad smell coming out of him.<ref>Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 319</ref>
	#A Cohen who killed someone intentionally or unintentionally may not perform Birkat Cohanim. According to Ashkenazim, if the Cohen killed someone unintentionally and did Teshuva, he may perform Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:21</ref>		#A Cohen who killed someone intentionally or unintentionally may not perform Birkat Cohanim. According to Ashkenazim, if the Cohen killed someone unintentionally and did Teshuva, he may perform Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:21</ref>

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	#Most rabbinic authorities assume that the mitzvah is upon the Cohanim, while a minority opinion assumes that there’s a mitzvah both upon the Cohanim and the Yisraelim who are being blessed.<ref>Beiur Halacha 128 intro, Sefer Charedim 12:18, Igrot Moshe 4:21 </ref>		#Most rabbinic authorities assume that the mitzvah is upon the Cohanim, while a minority opinion assumes that there’s a mitzvah both upon the Cohanim and the Yisraelim who are being blessed.<ref>Beiur Halacha 128 intro, Sefer Charedim 12:18, Igrot Moshe 4:21. Ritva (Sukkah 31b) holds that there's no mitzvah upon the yisraelim, it is just for the cohanim. </ref>
	#If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do Birkat Cohanim, he isn’t strictly obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (though it’s certainly appropriate to do so). However, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim, he violates the biblical command by refusing.<ref>Beiur Halacha 128:4 </ref>		#If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do Birkat Cohanim, he isn’t strictly obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (though it’s certainly appropriate to do so). However, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim, he violates the biblical command by refusing.<ref>Beiur Halacha 128:4 </ref>
	#When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 294</ref>		#When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 294</ref>
	#A Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah cannot recite Birkat Cohanim alone, but he may join adult Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:34 says that the purpose of a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah going up is to learn and practice. M.B. 128:123 notes that this is different than other mitzvot of chinuch as this is only true if he already knows how to perform Birkat Cohanim according to the custom.		#A Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah cannot recite Birkat Cohanim alone, but he may join adult Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:34 says that the purpose of a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah going up is to learn and practice. M.B. 128:123 notes that this is different than other mitzvot of chinuch as this is only true if he already knows how to perform Birkat Cohanim according to the custom. M.B. 128:122 explains that a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah does not go up alone as it is not respectful to the congregation.</ref>

	M.B. 128:122 explains that a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah does not go up alone as it is not respectful to the congregation.</ref>

	==When is Birkat Cohanim said?==		==When is Birkat Cohanim said?==

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	#The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim is biblical (Deoritta) even nowadays, in all places at all times. <ref>Sefer HaChinuch (378), Shaar HaTziyun 128:131*, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, pg 217), Shu"t Mishkenot Yaakov 66. </ref> It is based on the pasuk "דַּבֵּר אֶל-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל-בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר, כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: אָמוֹר, לָהֶם" meaning "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is how you must bless the Israelites". <ref>Bamidbar 6:23</ref>		#The Mitzvah of Birkat Cohanim is biblical (Deoritta) even nowadays, in all places at all times. <ref>Sefer HaChinuch (378), Shaar HaTziyun 128:131*, Yalkut Yosef ([[Tefillah]] vol 2, pg 217), Shu"t Mishkenot Yaakov 66. </ref> It is based on the pasuk "דַּבֵּר אֶל-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל-בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר, כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: אָמוֹר, לָהֶם" meaning "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is how you must bless the Israelites". <ref>Bamidbar 6:23</ref>
	#The Mitzvah isn’t strictly obligatory, but rather a Mitzvah which is an opportunity to fulfill a positive ~~commandment~~, similar to [[Tzitzit]]. <ref>Dvar Avraham 1:31 </ref>		#The Mitzvah isn’t strictly obligatory, but rather a Mitzvah which is an opportunity to fulfill a positive command, similar to [[Tzitzit]]. <ref>Dvar Avraham 1:31 </ref>
	#The Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. <ref>Rama 128:44 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 agrees. For other reasons to explain the Ashkenazi minhag see Bet Yosef 128 quoting the Sefer Chasidim, Sh”t Zera Emet 3:13, and Sh”t Bet Efraim 6 </ref> Throughout Jewish history, some have made a great effort to change this minhag (in order to fulfill this biblical Mitzvah) and were unsuccessful. <ref>Aruch HaShulchan 128:64 </ref>		#The Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. <ref>Rama 128:44 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag outside [[Israel]] is not to do Birkat Cohanim except at [[Mussaf]] of [[Yom Tov]] because Birkat Cohanim should be done when people are relaxed and not bothered by work. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 agrees. For other reasons to explain the Ashkenazi minhag see Bet Yosef 128 quoting the Sefer Chasidim, Sh”t Zera Emet 3:13, and Sh”t Bet Efraim 6 </ref> Throughout Jewish history, some have made a great effort to change this minhag (in order to fulfill this biblical Mitzvah) and were unsuccessful. <ref>Aruch HaShulchan 128:64 </ref>
	#Some have the practice not do Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], however, the poskim strongly disapprove of this and urge to discontinue this practice without causing conflict. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:165, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 3:18, 5:15. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 who quotes the minhag not to say Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], but says the minhag to say it on [[Yom Tov]] even when it falls out on [[Shabbat]] is the more proper minhag. </ref>		#Some have the practice not do Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], however, the poskim strongly disapprove of this and urge to discontinue this practice without causing conflict. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:165, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 3:18, 5:15. See also Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 100:1 who quotes the minhag not to say Birkat Cohanim when [[Yom Tov]] falls out on [[Shabbat]], but says the minhag to say it on [[Yom Tov]] even when it falls out on [[Shabbat]] is the more proper minhag. </ref>
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	#If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do the Birkat Cohanim, strictly he isn’t obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (certainly, it’s appropriate and correct to do so) however, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim he violates the biblical command by refusing. <ref>Beiur Halacha 128:4 </ref>		#If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do the Birkat Cohanim, strictly he isn’t obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (certainly, it’s appropriate and correct to do so) however, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim he violates the biblical command by refusing. <ref>Beiur Halacha 128:4 </ref>
	#When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 294</ref>		#When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, [[Tefillah]] Volume 1, page 294</ref>
			#A Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah cannot recite Birkat Cohanim alone, but he may join adult Cohanim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 128:34 says that the purpose of a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah going up is to learn and practice. M.B. 128:123 notes that this is different than other mitzvot of chinuch as this is only true if he already knows how to perform Birkat Cohanim according to the custom.

			M.B. 128:122 explains that a Cohen below the age of bar mitzvah does not go up alone as it is not respectful to the congregation.</ref>

	==When is Birkat Cohanim said?==		==When is Birkat Cohanim said?==

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