[Avodah] The GRA

[Dov Bloom]

A good example of the GRA's minhagim not being accepted:
The Maase Rav  (Siman 67) lists the fact that the GRA didn't say VeShomru Friday night before Amida and was silent when the kahal said it. This he did in order to have Geula adjacent to Tefila (Amida). This  minhag of the GRA has become somewhat prevelant in EY in Ashkenazi minyanim. However according to the same Maase Rav in the GRA's shul everyone said VeShomru, the congregation and hazzan did say VeShomru and only the GRA didn't. So even the GRA's shul didn't hold like this minhag of the GRA. 
"aval hatzibur she-etzlo? ve-haSh"atz hayu omrim"