-- "areivim@sba2.com" wrote: <<>>wonder how many other osei mitzva we stand for. IIRC one should stand for a tzadaka collector. (I have seen it happen but not too often)>> Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky, in the piece quoted originally, traces the minhag to stand by "vayevarech Dovid" to the gaba'ei tzedaka making their rounds then (al pi "veha'osher vehakavod milfanecha etc.) When they come into our shul, everyone stays seated and averts their gaze :-|. Gershon gershon.dubin@juno.com