[Avodah] Refusing the amud

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:34:46AM +0200, Eli Turkel via Areivim wrote:
: In my shul if someone refuses to be chazan until asked 3 times he will
: never be chazzan and most probably many davenings will never get any chazan

The heter I was told for not following the SA (OC 53:16, AhS s' 15) is
that it became bigger issurim to (1) make difficulties for the gabbaim
and to (2) delay until it's a tirkha detzibura.

The SA (echoed by the AhS) says one must "lesareiv me'at", which he
defines as mesareiv at the first request, gretting ready at the second,
and standing up at the third. The AhS invokes serarah, saying that when
an adam gadol asks one may not refuse unless it's a davar sheyeish bazeh
serarus, in which saw "yesarei me'at".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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