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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 125
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Orach Chayim Siman 125 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>דיני קדושה. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>אין הצבור אומרים עם ש"צ נקדישך אלא שותקין ומכוונין למה שש"צ אומר עד שמגיע לקדושה ואז עונים הצבור קדוש:
The Laws of Kedusha. Containing 2 S'ifim: The congregation does not say "Nakdishakh..." [the opening of the Kedusha] together with the prayer leader, rather they should be silent and concentrate on what the prayer leader is saying, until [the leader] reaches Kedusha [proper], and then the congregation answers "Kadosh".
טוב לכוין רגליו בשעה שאומר קדושה עם שליח צבור: הגה ויש לישא העינים למרום בשעה שאומרים קדושה וכן מנענעים גופן ונושאין אותן מן הארץ [טור ושבולי לקט] ואין לדבר באמצע הקדושה [מהרי"ל וב"י בשם מהרי"א ודרך ארץ זוטא] ומי שאמר סדר קדושה ובא לבה"כ ומצא צבור עונין קדוש' חוזר ועונ' עמהם: [תשובת הרשב"א סי' רמ"ט]:
It is proper is pay attention to one's feet [i.e. keep them together] at the time when one is saying Kedusha with the prayer leader. Gloss: And people should raise the eyes on high at the time at which they are saying Kedusha, and also move their body and lift themselves from the ground [Tur and Shibolei Leket]. And one should not speak in the middle of Kedusha [Mahari"l and Beit Yosef in the name of Mahari"a and Derech Eretz Zuta]. And one who [already] said the order of the Kedusha and came to the synagogue and found the congregation answering Kedusha should repeat it and answer with them [Responsum of the Rashb"a - siman 249]
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