[Avodah] How much Conformity to local Nusach/Mihag is required for Shatz and for the Private Worshiper?

[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote:
> This is similar to the idea I was trying to convey when I lamented about
> the large number of people who aspire to say Berikh Shemei but are already
> unwinding for leining (or their bein gavra legavra chat). People simply
> don't care.

Eh... some people aspire NOT to say Berikh Shemi. Glance at Schoroschej Minhog 
Aschkenas vol I. In fact, as I subsequently learned, some people aspire not 
to add a bunch of verses to be recited during hotzaah. In Amsterdam I 
discovered that they always start with Vayhi binso'ah haaron. The additions 
were, IIRC, advocated by Ma'hzor Vitri, but not known elsewhere in Ashkenaz. 
We should aspire to wind up for listening to the leining and learning Torah.

Additions may or may not be fine, but even if OK, let's not forget the main 
issues.

> This is lamentable. To my mind, primarily because it means the rav never
> taught the mispallelim peirush hamilim and what difference one vs the
> other makes. People with a greater feeling for minhag avos would object
> for more primary reasons.

May be LOR should also teach the ideas behind the various minhaggim and we 
should sometimes decide for some standard, even if it isn't Artscroll's.
-- 
Arie Folger
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