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Mishna B'rura 128:22 says that if no Levi is around to wash a kohen's hands for the latter's blessing, a firstborn-to-his-mother should do so. Although Kaf Hachayim :40 notes that he hasn't seen th...
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nesiat-kapayim
#1: Initial revision
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msh210
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2021-12-03T07:37:33Z (over 2 years ago)
How does a firstborn know to wash the kohen's hands?
_Mishna B'rura_ 128:22 says that if no _Levi_ is around to wash a _kohen_'s hands for the latter's blessing, a firstborn-to-his-mother should do so. Although _Kaf Hachayim_ :40 notes that he hasn't seen this done, I'm guessing _some_ communities must have this custom. My question is how this works in practice. At _musaf_, no big deal: it's easy to see during the Torah reading (which precedes _musaf_) that there's no _Levi_. But in places that have the _kohen_'s blessing at _shacharis_ also, how does a firstborn know to go wash the _kohen_'s hands?