Hayom Yom 7 Sivan - Standing for Birkas Kohanim - the priestly blessing

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · May 20, 2026 · 4m

נְשִׂיאוּת כַּפַּיִם

[Whenever] the Priestly Blessing [is given, the procedure to be followed by each congregant is as follows]:

כְּשֶׁאוֹמְרִים תֵּבַת יְבָרֶכְךָ — הַמִּתְבָּרֵךְ רֹאשׁוֹ בְּאֶמְצַע

When the kohanim say the word yevarechecha, the recipient of the blessing faces forward;

ה' — מֵסֵב רֹאשׁוֹ לִימִינוֹ, שֶׁהִיא שְׂמֹאל הַמְבָרֵךְ

when they say A-donai, he turns his head to the right, which is to the left of [the kohanim] who recite the blessing;

וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ — בְּאֶמְצַע

at veyishmerecha he faces forward;

יָאֵר — לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ שֶׁהִיא יְמִין הַמְבָרֵךְ

at ya’er he faces left;

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