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Left Handed Cohen – birkat kohanim

Question: Dear Rabbi, I understand that in Birkat Kohanim, the Cohen raises his right hand slightly higher than the left. Does the same apply to a left-handed Cohen, or does… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Birkat Kohanim lefty
07/10/2018
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Doing Birkas Kohanim after davening

Question: If the only kohen enters the shul on yom tuv after davening. can he do birkas kohanim with a beracha because it is the zeman of the beracha or… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Birkat Kohanim
25/04/2017
  • BIrcas Kohanim
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Laws of Prayer, Priestly Blessing

(a) If one is praying in a Minyan of exactly 10 men and he has not completely finished his Shmonai Esrai (i.e, has not removed his feet), does the Shaliach… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Prayer (tefilla) birkat hamazon Birkat Kohanim minyan
22/06/2015
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Stopping Shemoneh Esrei for Kohanim

Does one stop in the middle of his silent shemoneh esrei when he hears birkas kohanim? Answer: Please see our article here that dwells on this subject. Modern-day authorities discuss… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim birkat hamazon
01/08/2014
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Kohanim Standing on Rugs

Why by some minyanim do the Kohanim stand on a carpet/rug by Bircas Kohanim? Answer: The reason for this is that in principle, the Kohanim should be raised on a… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim birkat hamazon
15/10/2012
  • BIrcas Kohanim
  • Monetary Law and Charity

Birkas Kohanim of Workers

It says in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim Siman 110, that certain poalim (workers) must daven a normal shemoneh esrei, but they shouldn’t be “yored lifnei hateivah” or make birkas kohanim, since this would be too much and… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Monetary Law and Charity birkat hamazon
11/07/2012
  • BIrcas Kohanim
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Chazan Forgot Kohanim

If the shliach tzibbur by mistake didn’t see there were cohanim and didn’t say the nusach of birchas cohanim and went right to “sim shalom” but really there were cohanim,… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Prayer (tefilla) birkat hamazon
23/01/2012
  • BIrcas Kohanim
  • Prayer (tefilla)

Stopping for Birkas Ha-Kohanim

In the shul next to my house they do not give enough time for me to finish shmone esre by the time the hazan starts. Now there is a hazan… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Prayer (tefilla) birkat hamazon
10/12/2011
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A Non Shomer Shabbos Kohen

 Can a non shomer shabbos Kohen duchan? Answer:  If he desecrates Shabbos publicly, it is preferable that he should not duchan. However, if he acends to duchan, he should not… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim birkat hamazon cohen non observant
13/06/2011
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  • Washing hands (netilat yadaim)

Careful With Wet Hands

The answer to the question about a kohen hand being touched after washing for birkat kohanim. You mentioned it only if the hand was wet. Does it matter if its… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim Washing hands (netilat yadaim) birkat hamazon hands kohen netilat yadayim washing wet
01/06/2011
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Washing Hands for Birkas Kohanim

After a kohen washes for bircat ha-kohanim, sometimes he might touch soembody else’s hand or somebody shakes his hand by mistake. What should he do? There is not enough time… Read more »

BIrcas Kohanim birkat hamazon hands tamei touching washing
31/05/2011

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