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#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> | ||
# The kohanim need to wash their entire hands (from the fingertips to the wrist) for [[Birkat kohanim]]<ref>S"A 128:6, Kitzur S"A 100:4</ref>, even on [[Tisha Be’av]] on which one can’t wash past the knuckles for other reasons. Only Levim who regularly wash their own hands before washing the kohanim’s, can wash on [[Tisha Be’av]] before washing the kohanims' hands. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=958 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]</ref> | # The kohanim need to wash their entire hands (from the fingertips to the wrist) for [[Birkat kohanim]]<ref>S"A 128:6, Kitzur S"A 100:4</ref>, even on [[Tisha Be’av]] on which one can’t wash past the knuckles for other reasons. Only Levim who regularly wash their own hands before washing the kohanim’s, can wash on [[Tisha Be’av]] before washing the kohanims' hands. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?ClipID=958 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com]</ref> | ||
# No bracha is made when the Cohanim wash their hands for Birkat Cohanim. However, in order to avoid a situation in which there is a dispute whether one should make a bracha, the Cohanim should be careful not to touch a dirty area from the time they wash [[Netilat Yadayim upon waking up]] until Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Kitzur S"A 100:5</ref> | # No bracha is made when the Cohanim wash their hands for Birkat Cohanim. <ref>S"A 128:7, Mishna Brurah 128:24</ref>However, in order to avoid a situation in which there is a dispute whether one should make a bracha, the Cohanim should be careful not to touch a dirty area from the time they wash [[Netilat Yadayim upon waking up]] until Birkat Cohanim.<ref>Kitzur S"A 100:5</ref> | ||
# The Levi is supposed to pour the water upon the hands of the cohanim in order to wash them. If there's no Levi, a firstborn should do it. If there's no firstborn, the cohen should wash his own hands.<ref>S"A 128:6, Mishna Brurah 128:22</ref> | # The Levi is supposed to pour the water upon the hands of the cohanim in order to wash them. If there's no Levi, a firstborn should do it. If there's no firstborn, the cohen should wash his own hands.<ref>S"A 128:6, Mishna Brurah 128:22</ref> | ||
# | # If there is exactly a minyan of people and if the cohen leaves the room to wash his hands there will not be a minyan, some say that the cohen should wash his hands before the chazarat hashatz.<ref>Piskei Teshuvot 128:19</ref> Others say that if he washed his hands up to his wrist in the morning and kept his hands clean, he shouldn't leave the room.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 128:28 and Halacha Brurah 128:20</ref> Lastly, some say that the cohen may leave the room during the chazara in order to wash his hands. <ref>Rivevot Efraim 2:54, Nesiyat Kapayim Kehilchata 5:19 (p. 59) </ref> | ||
==Minhag of thanking Cohanim== | ==Minhag of thanking Cohanim== | ||
