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Richard Wolpoe asked:<BR>
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> How much Conformity to local Nusach/Mihag is required for Shatz and for the<BR>> Private Worshipper? What are the parameters?<BR>
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I don't have an answer regarding the Shatz, but I've been told that as far as <BR>
the individual: whatever is apparent to others should follow the tzibur; what's not <BR>
should follow one's own practice.<BR>
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So if an Ashkenazi davens with a Sephardi minyan, he would say the tefila <BR>
belachash the way he usually does (e.g., "Shalom Rav" rather than "Sim Shalom"<BR>
at mincha); but he'd say kedusha and kaddish the same as the rest of the <BR>
tzibor. Likewise, he'd say Vidui after chazaras hashatz prior to Tachanun because <BR>
he would obviously not be conforming if he sat resting his head on his arm while <BR>
everyone else is standing and beating their chests.<BR>
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