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The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim), also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands (Hebrew nesiat kapayim), [1] rising to the platform (Hebrew aliyah ledukhan), [2] dukhenen (Yiddish from the Hebrew word dukhan – platform – because the blessing is given from a raised rostrum), or duchening, [3] is a Hebrew prayer ...
Transliteration: Baruch ata Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kiddishanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel (shabbat v'shel) yom ha-kippurim. ... The Priestly Blessing.
The "Priestly Blessing", recited by the Kohanim every day in Israel before the blessing for peace in Shacharit (and Mussaf on days with Mussaf). Outside of Israel, Ashkenazim and some Sephardim recite it only on Yom Tov, while other Sephardim recite it on Shabbat and Yom Tov or every day.
Reuven Hammer noted Mishnah Tamid [184] recorded what was in effect the first siddur, as a part of which priests daily recited the Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26. [185] Many Jews recite the Priestly Blessing, Numbers 6:24–26, as the first section of the Torah to which they turn after reciting the Blessings of the Torah in the morning ...
One of the blessings is identical to the one that is recited by a person called for an aliyah. Since one is required to fulfill a mitzvah immediately after reciting a blessing on that mitzvah without interruption, some verses from the oral and written Torah are recited immediately following this blessing
Priestly Blessing; H. Hands of Peace; L. The Lord bless you and keep you; V. Vulcan salute This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 03:32 (UTC). Text is ...
A kohen forms the letter Shin with each of his hands as he recites the Priestly Blessing. In the mid-1960s, actor Leonard Nimoy used a single-handed version of this gesture to create the Vulcan hand salute for his character, Mr. Spock, on Star Trek. [16] [17]
The Priestly Blessing is said during the Reader's repetition of the Amidah. In the Eastern Ashkenazic rite outside the land of Israel , the Mussaf Amidah of major Jewish holidays is the only time the Priestly Blessing is said.