[Avodah] Bending Knees

[Michael Makovi]

> News to me. I bow my knees in Modim; in Aleinu, I bow my knees but
> keep my body straight upward at va'anachnu, and I bow my body forward
> (keeping the knees bent) at kor'im.
>
> Mikha'el Makovi
>

Correction: At korim, I un-bend my knees as I bow my body (one
motion). Were I to keep my knees bent as I bowed, it would look
awfully funny (I just tried it; it works, but it looks like a standing
fetal position).

Mikha'el Makovi