[Avodah] Questions as a Result of the Flatbush Lakewood Shabbos

[Mike Miller]

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Harry Maryles <hmaryles at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Sun, 12/7/08, T613K at aol.com <T613K at aol.com> wrote:
> TK:   He probably concentrates on his own tefilla to the extent that he was
> not aware that others were waiting for him.  And maybe it does some baale
> batim good just once in a while to see a person take his time to say each
> and every word with care.
> ===================================
> What does this say about R. Yisroel Salanter who hurried his Teffila so he
> wouldn't be a Tircha D'Tzibura?

It says that a Rav must know his tzibbur. It also says that to blindly
copy a historical story, any story, is a recipe for failure.

Both personalities here can obviously teach important lessons, and
both are necessary. Which applies when and where can not be decided in
an international online forum.

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh