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# The cohanim should not return to their places until the shaliach tzibbur finishes "sim shalom" and some say until the congregation finishes answering Amen.<Ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 4, S"A 128:16</ref> | # The cohanim should not return to their places until the shaliach tzibbur finishes "sim shalom" and some say until the congregation finishes answering Amen.<Ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 4, S"A 128:16</ref> | ||
#The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the birkat Cohanim.<ref>Gemara Rosh Hashana 28b, Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref> Doing so constitues "Bal Tosif".<ref>Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:2</ref> | #The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the birkat Cohanim.<ref>Gemara Rosh Hashana 28b, Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref> Doing so constitues "Bal Tosif".<ref>Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:2</ref> | ||
#If there is irresolvable hatred between a Kohen and the congregation, the Kohen must leave the room before Retzeh, because Birkat Kohanim must be done “BeAhavah,” as indicated in the Beracha itself.<ref>Mishnah Brurah 128:37, Halacha Brurah 128:43</ref> | |||
==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Shaliach Tzibbur== | ==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Shaliach Tzibbur== | ||
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# The sheliach tzibur should not answer "Amen" to the blessings of the Cohanim, like the rest of the congregation, for perhaps he will get confused about which beracha he is up to. <ref>Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim 14:5), S"A 128:19</ref>However, if the Shaliach Tzibbur is praying from a Siddur and is confident that he won't get confused which bracha he is up to, he may answer Amen after the bracha's of the Cohanim. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71, Kitzur S"A 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)</ref> | # The sheliach tzibur should not answer "Amen" to the blessings of the Cohanim, like the rest of the congregation, for perhaps he will get confused about which beracha he is up to. <ref>Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim 14:5), S"A 128:19</ref>However, if the Shaliach Tzibbur is praying from a Siddur and is confident that he won't get confused which bracha he is up to, he may answer Amen after the bracha's of the Cohanim. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71, Kitzur S"A 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)</ref> | ||
# In regards to the Brachat HaMitzvah the Cohanim make prior to Birkat Cohanim, some say that certainly the Shaliach Tzibbur should not answer amen.<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 S"A 100:14) agrees with that opinion. </ref> | # In regards to the Brachat HaMitzvah the Cohanim make prior to Birkat Cohanim, some say that certainly the Shaliach Tzibbur should not answer amen.<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 S"A 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>Mishnah Brurah 128:28</ref> | |||
==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim== | ==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim== | ||
