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# If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do the Birkat Cohanim, strictly he isn’t obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (certainly, it’s appropriate and correct to do so) however, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim he violates the biblical command by refusing. <Ref>Biur Halacha 128:4 </ref> | # If a Cohen is in shul and isn’t called up to do the Birkat Cohanim, strictly he isn’t obligated to do Birkat Cohanim (certainly, it’s appropriate and correct to do so) however, once a Cohen is asked to do Birkat Cohanim he violates the biblical command by refusing. <Ref>Biur Halacha 128:4 </ref> | ||
# When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, Tefillah Volume 1, page 294</ref> | # When a Cohen goes up to bless the congregation, it is as if the Cohen is also being blessed. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 128:2, Yalkut Yosef, Tefillah Volume 1, page 294</ref> | ||
# If a cohen who already performed birkat cohanim finds himself in another shul which is going to do birkat cohanim, he doesn't violate the biblical commands if he doesn't do birkat cohanim another time. However, if he does do birkat cohanim a second time, he should make a new bracha prior to the birkat cohanim. <ref>S"A 128:3, Mishna Brurah 128:11</ref> | |||
==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ||
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# 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 bircat Cohanim during mincha <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 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 bircat Cohanim during mincha <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 2</ref> | ||
# There is no Bircat Cohanim at night. <ref>Yalkut Yosef, Tefillah Volume 1, page 339</ref> | # There is no Bircat Cohanim at night. <ref>Yalkut Yosef, Tefillah Volume 1, page 339</ref> | ||
# Birkat Cohanim is only said if there is a minyan and the minyan includes the Cohanim. <ref>S"A 128:1, Mishna Brurah 128:2</ref> | |||
==Cohanim washing their hands before Birkat Cohanim== | ==Cohanim washing their hands before Birkat Cohanim== | ||
# The kohanim need to wash their entire hands for birkat kohanim, even on [[Tisha Be’av]] on which one can’t wash past the knuckles. 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 for birkat kohanim<ref>S"A 128:6</ref>, even on [[Tisha Be’av]] on which one can’t wash past the knuckles. 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 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 cohanim do not make a bracha for this washing of their hands.<ref>S"A 128:7, Mishna Brurah 128:24</ref> | |||
==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim== | ==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Cohanim== | ||
