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  <DIV><BR><BR>My own rav (Eliezer Cohen of Oak Park, MI) invoked a psak that 
  nefilas apaim should be done wherever one is davening, Yerushalayim or not, 
  sefer torah or not (and, I presume,&nbsp;makom kavuah or not). The logic is 
  simple: you're not petitioning a sefer torah; you're petitioning HKBH, Who is 
  everywhere.<BR>&nbsp;<BR><SPAN class=751440321-14032007><FONT face=Arial 
  color=#0000ff 
  size=3>&nbsp;-----------------------------------------------</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  <DIV><SPAN class=751440321-14032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>I've 
  heard to fall if there are sefarim in the room</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=751440321-14032007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
  size=3>KT<BR>Joel</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br><br><table bgcolor=white style="color:black"><tr><td><br>THIS&nbsp;MESSAGE&nbsp;IS&nbsp;INTENDED&nbsp;ONLY&nbsp;FOR&nbsp;THE&nbsp;USE&nbsp;OF&nbsp;THE&nbsp;<br>
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