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Is there an obligation or a custom to sit down while saying

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hamotzi</a>? What about for the other before blessings

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borei minei mezonot</a>,

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borei pri adamah</a>, borei pri ha'etz, and

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<h2><b>1 Answer </b></h2>The Pri Megadim (opening to Brachos, 18)

specifically states that there is no obligation to sit down for the

Birchos HaNehenin (including the Hamotzi)<br><br>

However, Chazal (Gitin p. 70) and so in the Rambam (Deios chapter 4

Halacha 3) state that for good health and Derech Eretz one should eat

while sitting. And since bread is being eaten while seated, as stated in

the Mor Vektzia (mark 8) that "all things that are being done

standing, the blessing should also be done standing. But things done

while sitting, it is not proper to bless while standing, <b>as in Birchas

Hanehenin</b>, but

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