<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Date: Thu, </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="5" Day="22" Year="2008"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">22 May 2008</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:time Hour="21" Minute="20"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">21:20:27</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> -0400<BR>From: "Rich, Joel" <JRich@sibson.com><BR>Subject: [Avodah] Standing for mitzvot<BR><BR>Re: Avodah Digest, Vol 25, Issue 194<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><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 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."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>There is another </P>mitzva which must be performed while standing --"Before the aged you shall rise..."-- Allan Federman
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<DIV>> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:45:36 -0700<BR>> From: "Simon Montagu" <SIMON.MONTAGU@GMAIL.COM><BR>> Subject: Re: [Avodah] Standing for mitzvot<BR>> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:43 AM, <CHERRYBIM@OPTONLINE.NET>wrote:<BR><BR>> > There is another mitzva which must be performed while standing <BR>> --"Before the aged you shall rise..."<BR></DIV>
<DIV>> I would have said that it must be performed when sitting. If you are<BR>> already standing, how do you perform the mitzva of rising?<BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 23:56:47 +0200<BR>> From: Lipman <LIPPOMANO@GMAIL.COM><BR>> Subject: Re: [Avodah] Standing for mitzvot<BR><OP.UBT1OCBMUC5Y5M@PHILLIPSLAPTOP><BR>> cherrybim@optonline.net wrote:<BR>> > There is another mitzva which must be performed while standing --"Before the aged you shall rise..."</DIV>
<DIV><BR>> No, this is one of the few mitzves that can't be performed while standing.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">While the mitzvos of </SPAN>omer, kiddush levana, tzitzit, shofar, lulav, and mila should be performed while standing, however if, b’dieved, one did not stand, the mitzvah is still fulfilled.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, “Bifnei Saiva Takum”, can only be accomplished via standing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The mitzvah of course begins with the action of standing up from a seated position and continues (as you stand) until the aged person finds his location.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>