Chazzan Who Forgot the Priestly Blessing
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Question
The chazzan forgot the Priestly Blessing and did not call 'Kohanim', continuing his prayer until he finished the blessing 'Sim Shalom'. Should the Kohanim recite the Priestly Blessing?
Answer
As long as they have not finished the blessing 'Sim Shalom', they can bless, but after finishing, they cannot bless.
Source
In 'Halachot Ketanot', it is stated that since the Priestly Blessing is instituted within the chazzan's repetition, if it is forgotten, it is as if a blessing is forgotten. And since it is established that the chazzan returns to what an individual worshiper missed, just as an individual who forgot one of the blessings returns, so too the chazzan returns to the Priestly Blessing. However, 'Emek Beracha' disagrees and writes that there is no logic in this. And in 'Meiri' on Megillah (23), it is written in the name of the Geonim that as long as the blessing is not finished, the Priestly Blessing should be said, but if it is finished, it is not said.
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