[Avodah] changing nusach [was: Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz on RSRH's 19 Letters]

[T613K at aol.com]

From: "Prof. Levine" _Larry.Levine at stevens.edu_ 
(mailto:Larry.Levine at stevens.edu) 

>>  I believe the Reb Moshe has a teshuva in which he says that one can 
switch  from Nusach Sefard ... to Ashkenaz, because virtually 
everyone in  Europe davened Ashkenaz originally until the advent of 
Chassidus.  I am  not sure, but I doubt that he would approve of 
someone who davens Ashkenaz  switching to Sefard.<<




>>>>
 
This comes up at least once a year on Avodah so I will write my annual  
comment:
 
Lithuanian poskim say that you can switch from Nusach Sfard to Nusach  
Ashkenaz (but not vice versa) because Nusach Ashkenaz was the original  nusach 
that Nusach Sfard broke away from, so people can and should go back to  the 
nusach of their great-grandfathers.
 
 
Chassidim say that you can switch from Nusach Ashkenaz to Nusach Sfard (but 
 not vice versa) because Nusach Sfard is a higher, better, holier nusach.
 
So the bottom line is whether you're a Litvak or a chossid, everyone  else 
can change to your nusach but you can't change to theirs.
 
 
 


--Toby Katz
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