Birkat Kohanim – A Kohen from Eretz Yisrael on the Second Yom Tov in the Diaspora
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Question
An Ashkenazi kohen from Eretz Yisrael who is in the Diaspora on the second day of Yom Tov that falls on a weekday, and according to his ancestral custom the kohanim in the Diaspora do not perform Nesiat Kapayim (the Priestly Blessing) except during Musaf—what should he do when he is the only kohen and in this minyan there are exactly ten worshippers?
Answer
Shalom u'vracha.
He should go up to the duchan.
Both because he is from Eretz Yisrael, and because the local custom is to go up on this day.
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