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# At the end of bircat Cohanim, the Cohanim should not turn back around (so that their backs are facing the congregation), nor should they put their hands down and close their fingers, until the sheliach tzibur begins the beracha of "Sim Shalom". <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 6, S"A 128:16</ref> | # At the end of bircat Cohanim, the Cohanim should not turn back around (so that their backs are facing the congregation), nor should they put their hands down and close their fingers, until the sheliach tzibur begins the beracha of "Sim Shalom". <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 6, S"A 128:16</ref> | ||
# The cohanim should not return to their places until the shaliach tzibbur finishes "sim shalom" and some say until the congregation finishes answering Amen.<Ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 4, S"A 128:16</ref> | # The cohanim should not return to their places until the shaliach tzibbur finishes "sim shalom" and some say until the congregation finishes answering Amen.<Ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 4, S"A 128:16</ref> | ||
#The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the bircat Cohanim. "<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref | #The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the bircat Cohanim. "<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref>Doing so constitues "Bal Tosif".<ref>Deuteronomy(Devarim) 4:2</ref> | ||
#When the | #When the Cohanim turn their faces to the community to bless them, and when they turn their faces from the community after blessing them, they should turn only to the right. Similarly, any turns which a person makes should always be to the right<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 13</ref> | ||
#A Cohen who recited the bircat Cohanim and went to another synagogue and found the congregation in the midst of prayer, before bircat Cohanim, should partake in that minyan's bircat Cohanim. A Cohen may recite the bircat Cohanim several times during the day.<ref> Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 11</ref> | #A Cohen who recited the bircat Cohanim and went to another synagogue and found the congregation in the midst of prayer, before bircat Cohanim, should partake in that minyan's bircat Cohanim. A Cohen may recite the bircat Cohanim several times during the day.<ref> Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 11</ref> | ||
