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<p>I received the following response to my earlier email about this topic</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Sadly, you will always find 1 or 2 people in every shul who “sit” while the entire tzibbur stands. This strikes me as downright arrogant, and IMHO is done more to make a “statement”
than to follow a minhag that might be prevalent in some communities. C’mon; if 100 or 200 people are standing, should someone stick out and sit because that’s the way he was taught…..?<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">To this I replied<br>
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<p><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Let's be dan l'kaf zechus. People like me who have knee problems find it difficult to stand for any length to time. I sit during the Aseres Hadibros.</span></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri',sans-serif">And in light of this, may I suggest that everyone sit so as not to have those who cannot stand be embarrassed. </span></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri',sans-serif">I bet this never occurred to you.<br>
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<p>YL<br>
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