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> yes we Jews (traditionally observant) do kneel, even prostrate ourselves > several times on Yom Kippur (Day of At-one-ment) during the recitation of the > Aleynu prayer. curious thing is that the kneeling is an acting out of the > words of the prayer: "We bend our knee, bow down, and give thanks . . ." This > prayer is recited three times daily in the tradiitonal liturgy, but with out > the enactment. The reasons are a longer story. > > Yakov Travis > Brandeis University > If you could give the reasons, that would be appreciated. pat sloane %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%