[Avodah] Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz on RSRH's 19 Letters

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 11:15:49AM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
:> I believe the Reb Moshe has a teshuva in which he says that one
: can switch from Nusach Sefard (not the oriental Sefard, but the Sefard
: that the Chassidim introduced) to Ashkenaz, because virtually everyone
: in Europe davened Ashkenaz originally until the advent of Chassidus.

: And R'OY has a tshuva that allows a one way switch the other way.

No, he doesn't allow anyone to switch to Chassidish Sfard.

And in any case, ROY's argument is specific to EY, where he feels the
Mechaber was poseiq acharon. RMF neither holds of this supremacy of the
SA in defining pesaq for EY's Ashkenazim, nor happened to be answering
an Ashkenazi in EY.

It's not simply that each is saying their own minhag is superior in
general.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha