[Avodah] Aveinu Malkenu at Mincha on Taanis Esther

[Prof. Levine]

At 11:40 AM 3/21/2011, R. Ben Waxman wrote:

>I find two problems/questions about your story:
>
>1) You changed your minhag based on an email discussion? Did you consult
>with your rav before changing?

Yes, I changed based on what I found out is the real Ashkenaz minhag 
and no I did not consult "my rav."

I am in a different position than many others in that I was not 
brought up in an observant home.  As a result, I had to hammer out 
everything that I do, because I have no family minhagim to follow, 
except for a few things like my ancestors davened Ashkenaz.  While 
not coming from an observant home has many obvious disadvantages, it 
means that I examined everything that I saw people doing and decided 
which way I wanted to do things.


>1) You choose to ignore minhag hamakom based on a conversation that you had
>with RS years ago? Maybe what he meant was only relevant to tachnun?

You did not read what I wrote very carefully. I never had a 
conversation with Rav Schwab about tachanun. It was a friend of mine 
who reported this conversation to me.

I never "flaunt" that I am not doing what the Tzibur is doing save 
when it comes to tachanun.  For example, a Shteibel near me will not 
say tachanun tomorrow or on Wednesday, because the gemara asks about 
the possibility of reading the megilla on the 16th and 17th of 
Adar.  If I were to daven in this place tomorrow, I would quietly and 
unobtrusively say tachanun.

YL
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