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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:20:27 -0400<BR>From: "Rich, Joel" <JRich@sibson.com><BR>Subject: [Avodah] Standing for mitzvot</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Re: Avodah Digest, Vol 25, Issue 194</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>"MUST ONE STAND DURING THE RECITAL OF BIRKOT HA-TORAH?<BR>The Avudraham (in his siddur, weekday Shacharit) writes that there are<BR>six mitzvot which must be performed while standing, and their initials<BR>spell "alotz shalem": [the cutting of the] omer, [kiddush] levana,<BR>tzitzit, shofar, lulav, and mila."</FONT></DIV>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Times size=4>There is another </P>mitzva which must be performed while standing --"Before the aged you shall rise..."-- מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם</FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Arial> </FONT>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Times size=4>Allan </P>Federman
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