<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the argument has long been made
in certain circles that standing at silent attention
is not a jewish minhag. i wonder at what point a minhag
becomes a 'jewish'minhag, since it is now a minhag of
approximately 4 million jews on 2 specific days in a specific
country for a half century ,and presumably will be the minhag
there ad biat hagoel.<br>
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