Tamid 7:2 — Birkas Kohanim in the Mikdash

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Birkas Kohanim in the Mikdash

בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ
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Mishnah תמיד ז׳:ב׳ · Tamid 7:2
בָּאוּ וְעָמְדוּ עַל מַעֲלוֹת הָאוּלָם.
עָמְדוּ הָרִאשׁוֹנִים לִדְרוֹם אֲחֵיהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים, וַחֲמִשָּׁה כֵלִים בְּיָדָם:
הַטֶּנִי בְיַד אֶחָד,
וְהַכּוּז בְּיַד אֶחָד,
וְהַמַּחְתָּה בְיַד אֶחָד,
וְהַבָּזָךְ בְּיַד אֶחָד,
וְכַף וְכִסּוּיָהּ בְּיַד אֶחָד.
וּבֵרְכוּ אֶת הָעָם בְּרָכָה אַחַת.
בַּמְּדִינָה אוֹמְרִים אוֹתָהּ שָׁלשׁ בְּרָכוֹת,
וּבַמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּרָכָה אֶחָת.
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים אֶת הַשֵּׁם כִּכְתָבוֹ,
וּבַמְּדִינָה בְּכִנּוּיוֹ.
בַּמְּדִינָה הַכֹּהֲנִים נוֹשְׂאִים אֶת כַּפֵּיהֶם, יְדֵיהֶם כְּנֶגֶד כִּתְפוֹתֵיהֶם,
וּבַמִּקְדָּשׁ עַל גַּבֵּי רָאשֵׁיהֶן,
חוּץ מִכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַגְבִּיהַּ אֶת יָדָיו לְמַעְלָה מִן הַצִּיץ.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַגְבִּיהַּ אֶת יָדָיו לְמַעְלָה מִן הַצִּיץ,
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ט) וַיִּשָּׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת יָדָיו אֶל הָעָם וַיְבָרְכֵם.
They came and stood on the steps of the Ulam.
The first stood to the south of their fellow kohanim, with five vessels in their hands:
the teni (ash-basket) in the hand of one,
the kuz (jug) in the hand of one,
the machtah (coal-pan) in the hand of one,
the bazach (incense-bowl) in the hand of one,
and the spoon with its cover in the hand of one.
And they blessed the people with a single blessing.
In the medinah they say it as three blessings,
and in the Mikdash as one.
In the Mikdash they would say the Name as written,
and in the medinah by its substitute.
In the medinah the kohanim raise their hands to 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 says (Vayikra 9) “And Aharon lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them.”

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