[Avodah] Standing for mitzvot

[Rich, Joel]

YESHIVAT HAR ETZION
ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VIRTUAL BEIT MIDRASH (VBM)
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MISHNA BERURA
SHIUR #24: Siman 47:5-14
Pages 152 - 154
by Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon
BIRKOT HA-TORAH
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MUST ONE STAND DURING THE RECITAL OF BIRKOT HA-TORAH?
The Avudraham (in his siddur, weekday Shacharit) writes that there are
six mitzvot which must be performed while standing, and their initials
spell "alotz shalem": [the cutting of the] omer, [kiddush] levana,
tzitzit, shofar, lulav, and mila.
However, there exists another opinion (Avudraham; Eshkol at the
beginning of siman 23; and the Ittur) stating that for any mitzva which
does not involve hana'a - enjoyment or benefit - to its performer, one
recites its berakha standing. It remains to be seen, though, whether
birkot ha-Torah are birkot ha-mitzva or birkot ha-nehenin. (One could
possibly distinguish between the two berakhot. See Rav Soloveitchik's
"Shiurim Le-zekher Abba Mari.")

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