How are Kohanim supposed to position their hands and in what shape during Birkhat Kohanim? Answer with most opinions backed by sources wins.
Answer
Arms at shoulder height
Palms toward the ground
Right hand a drop above the left
5 windows are created: splitting the hand between 2 fingers and 2 fingers makes a window on each hand; splitting between the forefinger and the thumb makes another window on each hand. You now have 4 windows with each hand looking like Mr. Spock's. The 5th window is created through touching thumbs, with the right thumb on top of the left thumb.
Shulchan Aruch O.C. 128:12 Reasons are brought in the Mishna Berurah there.
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