[Avodah] Chol Moed Minyan for Those Who Wear Tefillen

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 04:17:21PM -0400, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: So,  apparently there is a problem with having a mix of Tefillen
: wearers and non-wearers during Chol Moed.

Lo sisgodedu.
The pasuq behind the whole notion of minhag hamaqom altogether.
Eg see MB 31 s"q 8.

The AhS OC 31:4 is okay with minyanim that are mixed between wearers
and non-wearers.

Nowadays, when the concept of minhag hamaqom is so weak and has so little
to do with our sence of belonging, I think the psychology is the opposite
as that assumed by those who apply lo sisgodedu. Having two minyanim
is more divided, and certainly if it ends up an argument about which part
of the minyan is behind the mechitzah.

Look how in Israel, many minyanim ignore the halakhos of having a
set nusach for the beis kenesses and just let each chazan use his own
minhag avos! And this enables a single minyan to function in spite of
diversity; a variety of Jews from different cultures able to daven
together!


Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

(PS: "wfb" summarized a nice list of sources about whether they should
be worn from R Jacob Katz's article in Halakhah veQabbalah at
<https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/31700/1570>.)

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