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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> | ||
#A Cohen who recited the birkat Cohanim and went to another synagogue and found the congregation in the midst of prayer, before birkat Cohanim, should partake in that minyan's birkat Cohanim. A Cohen may recite the birkat Cohanim several times during the day.<ref> Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 15, Halacha 11</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> | # 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> | ||
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#The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref> Doing so constitues "Bal Tosif".<ref>Deuteronomy(Devarim) 4:2</ref> | #The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the birkat Cohanim.<ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 12</ref> Doing so constitues "Bal Tosif".<ref>Deuteronomy(Devarim) 4:2</ref> | ||
#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'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 13</ref> | #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'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 13</ref> | ||
==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Shaliach Tzibbur== | ==Procedure of Birkat Cohanim for the Shaliach Tzibbur== | ||
