Sotah 7:6 — Birkas Kohanim in the Mikdash and Outside It

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Birkas Kohanim in the Mikdash and Outside It

בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים — בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ וּבַמְּדִינָה
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Mishnah סוטה ז׳:ו׳ · Sotah 7:6
בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים כֵּיצַד?
בַּמְּדִינָה אוֹמְרִים אוֹתָהּ שָׁלשׁ בְּרָכוֹת,
וּבַמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּרָכָה אֶחָת.
בַּמְּדִינָה בְכִנּוּיוֹ,
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ אוֹמֵר אֶת הַשֵּׁם כִּכְתָבוֹ.
בַּמְּדִינָה כֹּהֲנִים נוֹשְׂאִים אֶת יְדֵיהֶן כְּנֶגֶד כִּתְפֵיהֶן,
וּבַמִּקְדָּשׁ עַל גַּבֵּי רָאשֵׁיהֶן,
חוּץ מִכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַגְבִּיהַּ אֶת יָדָיו לְמַעְלָה מִן הַצִּיץ.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַגְבִּיהַּ יָדָיו לְמַעְלָה מִן הַצִּיץ,
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ט) וַיִּשָּׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת יָדָיו אֶל הָעָם וַיְבָרְכֵם.
Birkas Kohanim — how is it recited?
In the medinah they say it as three blessings,
and in the Mikdash as one blessing.
In the medinah [the divine name] is said by its substitute,
in the Mikdash one says the Name as it is written.
In the medinah the kohanim raise their hands at shoulder-height,
and in the Mikdash above their heads,
except the Kohein Gadol, who does not raise his hands above the Tzitz.
Rabbi Yehuda says: even the Kohein Gadol raises his hands above the Tzitz,
as it is said, (Vayikra 9:22) "And Aharon lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them."

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