A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem... Not exactly a month topic,
but... There is also strong objection in rabbinic literature throughout the centuries to standing for the 10 Commandments, lest an ignorant person or an apostate think that it was only the Aseret HaDibrot that we received at Sinai and that it is therefore a more important part of the Torah than all the rest. One should not be "a sitter among standers", especially because sitting in a shul where everyone stands can appear as insulting to this portion of the Torah. It is a good idea to stand at least from the beginning of the Aliya... [The
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