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The Gra on Calling Up the Kohanim

The Beur HaGra on Shulchan Arukh discusses the requirement that the prayer leader must explicitly instruct the kohanim to ascend for the priestly blessing, citing biblical and talmudic sources for this custom.

ת״ל אמור להם והוא קריאת כהנים

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Beur HaGra on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 128:2:3

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

Beur HaGra on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 128:2:3

The Gra states that the prayer leader must say “אמור להם,” citing the Sifrei, Sotah 38a, and Tosafot on Berakhot 34a, and explains that without this instruction the kohanim do not ascend.

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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