<div>"My question is whether I should put on tefillin in Chol HaMoed. My minhag avos is to wear tefillin in Chol HaMoed. However, the undisputed minhag EY is not to wear tefillin, so I don't, because minhag hamakom trumps minhag avos. However, when I return to England, ought I to seek out a minyan where they don't wear tefillin (to conform to my current practice in EY), or a minyan where they do wear tefillin, to conform to my minhag avos. After all, in England there is no minhag hamakom in this regard. Do we say chozer v'neiur with regard to my minhag avos, or did it die forever upon my settling in EY? Of course, when Moshiach comes and Eliyahu Hanavi clarifies that everyone should put on tefillin on Chol HaMoed, this question will become moot.</div>
<div> once met an English Jew (in England, not EY) who said that he waited 3 hours after meat because that is minhag Anglia. Perhaps that was the case a century ago, but with the pre- and post-war influxes of Jews from Eastern Europe, I am doubtful whether there is still such a thing as minhag Anglia, any more than there is a minhag America."</div>
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<div>There absolutely is still a strong Minchag Anglia, including wearing Tefillin on Chol Ha Moed. </div>
<div>I do not understand why you changed your custom. </div>
<div>However, that is what is aiding the ever accelerating lurch to the right.</div>
<div>Repent ye!<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Martin Brody<br><br></div>