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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">YESHIVAT HAR ETZION</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VIRTUAL BEIT MIDRASH (VBM)</FONT></B></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">MISHNA BERURA</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">SHIUR #24: Siman 47:5-14</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Pages 152 - 154</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">by Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">BIRKOT HA-TORAH</FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">MUST ONE STAND DURING THE RECITAL OF BIRKOT HA-TORAH?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">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.")</FONT></P>
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