Ashkenazi Worshipper in a Sephardic Synagogue

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I pray in the Ashkenazi rite. 1. Can I initially pray in a minyan that prays in the Sephardic rite? 2. Are there differences in prayers on Monday, Thursday, and Shabbat? 3. In which rite should one say Pesukei Dezimra, Kedusha, confession, Tachanun, the taking out of the Torah? 4. When called to the Torah, should I bless in the manner I am accustomed to or according to the custom of the place? 5. Is it necessary to stand during Kaddish.

Answer

Peace and blessings

1. Permitted.

2. Permitted. 

3. Anything said individually should be according to one's own rite. Anything said communally should be according to the community's rite. 

4. According to the custom of the place.

5. According to the custom of the place. 

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