Hilchos Pesukei Dezimrah: Sit or Stand Until Yishtabach?

The minhag of most Ashkenazic communities is to stand from Vayevarech Dovid until after Yishtabach, Kaddish and Borchu. (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Berurah 51:7,Leket Hakemach Hachodosh 51:32, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 14:4, Piskei Tshuvos 51:18)

The minhag of most Sefardic communities is to only stand for Vayevarech Dovid until the possuk of “Attah Hu Hashem Elokim”, and then to sit down (even for Az Yashir and Yishtabach). (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Berurah 51:7, Magen Avraham 56:9, Kaf Hachaim 51:42, Piskei Tshuvos 51:18)

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