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<DIV>Re: How much Conformity to local Nusach/Mihag is required for Shatz and for
the Private Worshiper?<BR><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>From: R' Ken Bloom:<BR><BR>>>R' Ovadia does not allow a sepharadi
to serve as the shaliach tzibbur<BR>at an ashkenazi shul, because l'chatchilah a
sepharadi should not daven<BR>nusach ashkenaz because the sepharadi nusach is
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<DIV>This reminds me of a similar shailah I've heard asked on more than one
occasion: Is a person allowed to change his nusach from Nusach Ashkenaz to
Nusach Sefard (chassidish) or vice versa?</DIV>
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<DIV>Lubavitchers posken that you can change from Nusach Ashkenaz to Nusach Ari
(but not vice versa) because Nusach Ari is kabbalistically superior. You
can go up in nusach but not go down.</DIV>
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<DIV>Litvaks posken that you can change from Nusach Sfard to Nusach Ashkenaz
(but not vice versa) because Nusach Ashkenaz was the original, true nusach from
which the chassidim deviated, so you would just be going back to the nusach of
your greatgrandfather, which is always preferable.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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