[Avodah] Minhag Avos/Minhag Anglia

[martin brody]

"My question is whether I should put on tefillin in Chol HaMoed.  My minhag
avos is to wear tefillin in Chol HaMoed.  However, the undisputed minhag EY
is not to wear tefillin, so I don't, because minhag hamakom trumps minhag
avos.  However, when I return to England, ought I to seek out a minyan where
they don't wear tefillin (to conform to my current practice in EY), or a
minyan where they do wear tefillin, to conform to my minhag avos.  After
all, in England there is no minhag hamakom in this regard.  Do we say chozer
v'neiur with regard to my minhag avos, or did it die forever upon my
settling in EY?  Of course, when Moshiach comes and Eliyahu Hanavi clarifies
that everyone should put on tefillin on Chol HaMoed, this question will
become moot.
 once met an English Jew (in England, not EY) who said that he waited 3
hours after meat because that is minhag Anglia.  Perhaps that was the case a
century ago, but with the pre- and post-war influxes of Jews from Eastern
Europe, I am doubtful whether there is still such a thing as minhag Anglia,
any more than there is a minhag America."

There absolutely is still a strong Minchag Anglia, including wearing
Tefillin on Chol Ha Moed.
I do not understand why you changed your custom.
However, that is what is aiding the ever accelerating lurch to the right.
Repent ye!

-- 
Martin Brody
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