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The Gra on Summoning Kohanim to Duchan

The Gra explains in Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 128:2 that the prayer leader must explicitly call the kohanim to ascend, deriving this requirement from the verse 'say to them' and citing Talmudic sources on the Priestly Blessing.

ת״ל אמור להם והוא קריאת כהנים

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Beur HaGra on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

ביאור הגר"א על שולחן ערוך אורח חיים קכ״ח:ב׳

Beur HaGra on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 128:2

The Gra explains that the kohanim do not ascend otherwise, citing the Sifrei that the prayer leader must tell them “say to them,” as derived from “אמור להם,” and referring to Sotah 38a and Tosafot on Berakhot 34a.

בשקורא כו'. דבלא"ה אינו עולה כמ"ש בספרי פ' נשא מנין שהחזן צ"ל להם אמרו ת"ל אמור להם והוא קריאת כהנים כמ"ש בסוטה נ"ח א' וכמ"ש תוס' ברכות ל"ד א' ד"ה לא כו':

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