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A Kohen Who Hates Someone from the Congregation

Question

A Kohen who hates someone from the congregation and does not want to bless him, can he bless the other worshippers?

Answer

He is forbidden to recite the Priestly Blessing, and his blessing is not effective even for those he loves.

Answered 3 July 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

See Sefer Tchach and Shaarei Teshuva, Sefer Tekpa

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