’כלי מחזיק ברכה’
Moreinu HaRav shlita relates: “During Chol HaMoed, I went up to the duchan (platform) to bless the people with the Birkas Kohanim with love. Next to me stood another kohen who was also blessing the congregation—but everything he did was not according to halacha. Not the positioning of the hands, not the directions, and many other laws as well.
After the Tefillah, this man approached me and asked to speak. It turned out he had come from abroad to Israel to celebrate Pesach, and in his community, the kohanim bless only on the Shalosh Regalim, so he was unfamiliar with the laws. I told him to notice how Hashem arranged things so that he would come from overseas and stand to bless right next to me, so I could teach him the correct halachos... And indeed, I taught him the relevant laws and even had time to hear him out on other matters that he needed guidance on.”
I’ll conclude with an important principle: If Hashem made you a kohen, or a levi, or anything else—it is not a mistake. Dedicate yourself to learning the halachos that apply to you, invest effort, because this is His will, Yisbarach!
