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==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ==When is Birkat Cohanim said?== | ||
# Bircat 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 Bircat Cohanim. <ref>Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 1)</ref> | # Bircat 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 Bircat Cohanim. <ref>Rambam (Hilchot Tefillah U'Bircat Cohanim, Chapter 14, Halacha 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 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, since we are not worried about the Cohanim being intoxicated if they are fasting. <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> | # 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> | ||
