[Avodah] deprive the minyan of the opportunity to say tachanun

[Prof. Levine]

At 10:40 AM 3/19/2018, Joel Rich wrote:


>  few months ago I was in the main shul in a yishuv. The shul was quite
>large. There was a psak there by the shul rav stating in a small
>community shul, where everyone knows everyone, it makes complete sense
>that if there is a chatan, then one doesn't say tachanun. However, in
>this shul, in which strangers pray there every day and even not all the
>members know everyone, the presence of a chatan doesn't really add to
>their simcha. That being the case, visitors to the shul should say
>tachanun, even if the congregation doesn't.
>=================================
>interesting-I'd love to know the source-seems unusual to split the 
>minyan (I can think of only one example- a sandek at mincha after morning brit)

I recall that at least once R. A. Miller had me pass a note that he 
wrote to a chosson telling him to leave the shul so the minyan could 
say tachanun.  I am told that Rav Schwab also used to send a chosson 
out so the shul could say tachanun.

YL


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