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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, S"A 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, S"A 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, 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), Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano volume 1 page 118</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>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> | ||
