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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 7 Sivan - Standing for Birkas Kohanim - the priestly blessing
Description: נְשִׂיאוּת כַּפַּיִם[Whenever] the Priestly Blessing [is given, the procedure to be followed by each congregant is as follows]: כְּשֶׁאוֹמְרִים תֵּבַת יְבָרֶכְךָ — הַמִּתְבָּרֵךְ רֹאשׁוֹ בְּאֶמְצַעWhen the kohanim say the word yevarechecha, the recipient of the blessing faces forward; ה' — מֵסֵב רֹאשׁוֹ לִימִינוֹ, שֶׁהִיא שְׂמֹאל הַמְבָרֵךְwhen they say A-donai, he turns his head to the right, which is to the left of [the kohanim] who recite the blessing; וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ — בְּאֶמְצַעat veyishmerecha he faces forward; יָאֵר — לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ שֶׁהִיא יְמִין הַמְבָרֵךְat ya’er he faces left; וכוand so on, [word by word — center, right, center, left, etc.,] שָׁלוֹם — רֹאשׁוֹ בְּאֶמְצַעuntil when they say shalom, he faces forward.אֲמִירַת רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָםThe prayer beginning Ribono shel olam בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהַכֹּהֲנִים מְנַגְּנִים...