Quiz – Siman 100

Welcome to your Kitzur Quiz - Siman 100

Is there birkas kohanim on Yom Kippur?

A) Yes, because nobody's working

B) Yes, because we get a kapparah

C) No, because there's no simchas yom tov

D) None of the above

Is there birkas kohanim on a yom tov that falls out on shabbos?

Yes

Machlokes

From what part of the pasuk do we learn that kohanim can count towards the minyan required for birkas kohanim?

אמור להם

כה תברכו

את בני ישראל

ואני אברכם

Ma'ikar ha'din, if a kohen touches a "soiled spot" on his body and then washes for birkas kohanim he should wash his hands with a bracha.

True

False

Whats is the priority list (from highest to lowest) for who should wash the kohen's hands?

A) Levi-bechor-yisrael-kohen

B) Levi -yisrael-kohen

C) Levi-bechor-kohen

D) Levi-kohen

If a kohen began washing his hands after the shliach tzibur began "ritzeh", he..

A) Acted in an ideal fashion

B) May still duchan, but did not act in an ideal fashion

C) May not duchan

D) None of the above

When kohanim complete their own tefillah in conjunction with the shliach tzibur's, so that the tzibur will respond amen to both brachos, should the kohanim themselves say amen?

Yes

It depends

Machlokes

In the local shul there is only one kohen, and he hates Bilam, a member of the tzibur. On Shabbos, he noticed Bilam in the kehilla before the shliach tzibur reached "ritzeh". Bilam insists on remaining in the shul. What should the kohen do?

A) Recite birkas kohanim with a bracha

B) Recite birkas kohanim without a bracha

C) Leave the shul

D) None of the above

Should the shliach tzibbur respond "amen" to the bracha of the kohanim?

Yes

No, it'll confuse him

No, it's a hefsek

It depends

The kohanim's hands should be....(Check all correct answers)

A) Shoulder height

B) Forehead height

C) Chest height

D) Partially above one another

E) Completely above one another

F) Held at a 90 degree angle from each hand's shoulder

G) Touching one another

Who should cover their heads with a talis?

A) The tzibbur

B) The kohanim

C) Both

D) Neither

Are people behind the kohanim included in the bracha?

Yes

It depends

Machlokes

For how many words do the kohanim sway north and south?

May the psukim printed in our siddurim in birkas kohanim, be recited by a congregant while the kohanim recite the words of birkas kohanim?

Yes

Machlokes

During which yom tov(s) should the kohanim not begin the post-birkas-kohanim "ribbono shel olam" immediately after birkan kohanim?

A) Rosh Hashana

B) 7th day of pesach

C) Yom kippur

D) Sukkos

E) The kohen should always recite the "ribbono shel olam" immediately

How much of the congregation must have completed saying "amen" after the bracha of the kohanim before the shliach tzibur may continue the next part of the bracha?

A) 1/3

B) 1/2

C) Majority

D) All

If the shliach tzibur is a kohen, should he duchan (if other kohanim are present)?

Yes

Machlokes

If the shliach tzibur duchans, when should he say the "ribon ha'olamim"?

A) After shemoneh esrei

B) After tachanun

C) After kaddish

D) After all of tefilla

E) It doesn't make a difference

F) He shouldn't

In a minyan of 13 kohanim, how many kohanim should duchan?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 10

E) 11

F) 12

G) 13

H) 0

If a kohen which has already duchan'd once today enters another shul soon before they were to duchan, what should he do?

A) Duchan again

B) Don't duchan again

C) Whatever he wants

D) Machlokes

May someone with a lisp duchan?

A) Yes

B) No

C) As long as people are used to it

May a kohen who killed someone by accident duchan?

Yes

It depends

Machlokes

Aharon's mother passed away 2 days ago. He's in a minyan where he's the only kohen. What should he do?

A) Leave the minyan before ritzeh and don't duchan

B) Stay in the minyan and don't duchan

C) Stay in the minyan and duchan

D) Machlokes

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