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# A sick person who is attatched 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 attatched 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 S"A 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 S"A 100:21</ref> | ||
# If the tzibur hates a cohen or the cohen hates the tzibur, it is prohibited for that cohen to do birkat cohanim. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano volume 1 page 117 </ref> | |||
===Cohanim washing their hands before Birkat Cohanim=== | ===Cohanim washing their hands before Birkat Cohanim=== | ||
#A Cohen with impure hands (i.e. he did not wash his hands) should not do Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 5</ref>A Cohen who was unable to wash his hands or is sickly and can't go to wash his hands, in extenuating circumstances may rely on the washing he did in the morning. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur S"A 100:5)</ref> | #A Cohen with impure hands (i.e. he did not wash his hands) should not do Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot [[Tefillah]] U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 5</ref>A Cohen who was unable to wash his hands or is sickly and can't go to wash his hands, in extenuating circumstances may rely on the washing he did in the morning. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur S"A 100:5)</ref> | ||
