[Avodah] Fighting To Be Chazan?

[Zev Sero]

On 22/08/2011 8:40 AM, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Although I am sure that the above writer did not have this in mind when he wrote, "Do not make Klal Yisrael into many different groups by having Divergent Halachic Practices."  to me this brings to mind the practice that seems to have become increasingly common today of making more than one minyan if there are two or more chiyuvim.  How do those who do this reconcile this practice with the principle of  B'rov Am Hadras Melech?

You just gave the answer: in order not to make machlokes.  If there
aren't enough minyanim for all the avelim then who should get precedence?
Why should one be more important than another?  So "lo titgodedu" means
that the minyan should split up in order to accommodate both.  (The gemara
says explicitly that lo titgodedu does not apply when there are two batei
din in a town, each ruling its own way; presumably each person may choose
which BD to follow, and this is not called "divergent practises".  By the
same principle, splitting into separate minyanim is not a violation of
"lo titgodedu", whereas having two chazanim in the same minyan might be.)

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