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==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ||
# 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. | # 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</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 Berura, vol. 6, p. 609 concurs.</ref> | ||
# Birkat Cohanim is only said if there is a [[minyan]] and the [[minyan]] includes the Cohanim. <ref>S"A 128:1, Kitzur S"A 100:2, Mishna Brurah 128:2</ref> | # Birkat Cohanim is only said if there is a [[minyan]] and the [[minyan]] includes the Cohanim. <ref>S"A 128:1, Kitzur S"A 100:2, Mishna Brurah 128:2</ref> | ||
==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim== | ==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim== | ||
