[Avodah] birchas cohanim on chol hamoed in chutz la'aretz

[Rich, Joel]

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> I've never seen it nor heard of it (until now), but I can easily imagine a reason behind it: The main (only?) reason to connect Birkas Kohanim with Yom Tov is the level of simcha that we do have on yom tov but not at other times. (Rama 128:44) According to Shulchan Aruch Harav 529:6, the mitzva of Simchas Yom Tov applies equally on Yom Tov and on Chol Hamoed. Thus, I can see how one might conclude that the reasons for Birkas Kohanim are equally strong on Yom Tov and on Chol Hamoed.
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> Akiva Miller
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> But do they duchen at shacharit on yom tov?
Kt
Joel rich 
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