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# At the end of birkat 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'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 6, S"A 128:16</ref> | # At the end of birkat 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'Birkat 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'Birkat 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'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 4, S"A 128:16</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> | #The Cohanim are not allowed to add any other blessings to the birkat Cohanim.<ref>Gemara Rosh Hashana 28b, 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== | ||
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# The Sheliach Tzibur should say the words of birkat cohanim one word at a time and the cohen should repeat each word after the shaliach tzibbur. <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 3, S"A 128:13 </ref> | # The Sheliach Tzibur should say the words of birkat cohanim one word at a time and the cohen should repeat each word after the shaliach tzibbur. <ref>Rambam, Mishneh Torah: Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 3, S"A 128:13 </ref> | ||
# The Sheliach Tzibbur should say each word to the Cohanim out loud and not quietly. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 10:15 </ref> If one of the Cohanim didn’t hear a word (even the name of Hashem), the Sheliach Tzibbur should repeat it out loud. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (pg 133 note 56) </ref> | # The Sheliach Tzibbur should say each word to the Cohanim out loud and not quietly. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 10:15 </ref> If one of the Cohanim didn’t hear a word (even the name of Hashem), the Sheliach Tzibbur should repeat it out loud. <Ref> Halichot Shlomo (pg 133 note 56) </ref> | ||
# The sheliach tzibur should not answer "Amen" to the blessings of the Cohanim, like the rest of the congregation, for perhaps he will get confused about which beracha he is up to <ref>Rambam | # The sheliach tzibur should not answer "Amen" to the blessings of the Cohanim, like the rest of the congregation, for perhaps he will get confused about which beracha he is up to. <ref>Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah U'Birkat Cohanim 14:5), S"A 128:19</ref>However, if the Shaliach Tzibbur is praying from a Siddur and is confident that he won't get confused which bracha he is up to, he may answer Amen after the bracha's of the Cohanim. <ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71, Kitzur S"A 100:12</ref>However, some say that this is only in regards to the 3 bracha's of Birkat Cohanim which are part of Tefillah, but in regards to the Brachat HaMitzvah the Cohanim make prior to Birkat Cohanim, certainly the Shaliach Tzibbur should not answer.<ref>Mishna Brurah 128:71 quotes some who are strict not to let the Shaliach Tzibbur answer Amen to the birchat hamitzvah made by the cohanim because it would be an interruption to the tefillah. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur S"A 100:14) agrees with that opinion. </ref> | ||
==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim== | ==Proper behavior of the congregation during Birkat Cohanim== | ||
