Standing in a Synagogue Where the Custom is to Sit

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Hello, A person who usually prays in an Ashkenazi minyan and comes to pray in a synagogue where the minyan prays according to Sephardic custom on Shabbat, and the person is accustomed to standing during the Torah reading. In the synagogue, no one stands. Should he adhere to his custom and stand? Or should he not stand out in a place where this is not the custom?

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Hello,

In matters that are not halachic, one should follow the custom of the place. 

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