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<p>Some people look at this as purely a matter of minhag, and so criticize those who do not follow the local minhag, calling them arrogant.</p>
<p>Well, the Rambam thought this was an issue of an incorrect hashqafa, and worth ignoring any minhag started in ignorance.</p>
<p>Part of the problem with modern Jews is that everything to them is an issue of minhag. They do not understand that sometimes there are really important hashqafa issues from teh Torah involved.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Professor L. Levine <llevine@stevens.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 28, 2017 1:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> avodah@aishdas.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Should one stand for the Aseres Hadibros? </font>
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<p>From last Thursday's Halacha - a - Day</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Should one stand for the </strong>
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><em>Aseres Hadibros</em></strong></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>?<br>
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<p style="text-align:left">According to some opinions, one should not show more honor to one section of the Torah than to another since every word is equally holy and important. Nevertheless, the widespread custom is to stand for the
<em>Aseres Hadibros</em> as did the Jewish nation at <em>Har</em> <em>Sinai</em>, and to demonstrate that these are the fundamental principles of the Torah. In any event, one should always follow the local custom.</p>
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