[Avodah] mesorah

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From:  "Eli Turkel" <eliturkel at gmail.com>
Subject: Reb Moshe responded re  wearing modern
American clothing that were a variation  from the traditions.

>>RMF also was against nusach sefard  (chassidic) as it was a change from
tradition although that happened some  300 years ago. Evidently his
opinion is that it makes no difference how  long ago a mesorah was
changed it is still considered a change  today.<<







>>>>>
Litvishe poskim say you do not change from Nusach  Ashkenaz to Nusach Ari or 
Sfard, because you should keep your family  mesorah.   And if  you want to 
change from Nusach Ari or Nusach  Sfard to Nusach Ashkenaz, that is OK, and even 
desirable, because it is changing  back to your family's original mesorah.
 
Chassidishe poskim say that you /can/ and maybe even /should/ change from  
Nusach Ashkenaz to Nusach Sfard or Nusach Ari, because you are rising in  
madreiga from a lower nusach to a higher nusach, but you should not change the  
other way because that would be going down to a lower nusach.
 
This may apply to a recent thread in which the question was discussed,  could 
a computer be programmed to just look at all precedents, weigh them up and  
come up with a psak?  Could a computer be a posek?
 
In answer, it appears that you would have to specify in  advance whether you 
wanted a Litvishe or a chassidishe computer.  
 
(Ashkenazi or Sephardi -- same thing)

 


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