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<font size=3>I am moving this to Avodah.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: Ben Waxman via Areivim
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To: Simon Montagu via Areivim
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>Why is this even an
issue? Meaning, why is it such an issue that people <br>
with a different minhag are davening together*? Or is the issue that
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both sides feel that the other is doing an aveira**?<br><br>
*Sefardim and Ashkenazim wrap their teffilin differently. That factoid
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doesn't stop anyone from praying together.<br>
** Which brings up other issues.<br>
Ben<br>
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My understanding is that people who wear Tefillen during Cho Moed are not
supposed to wear them in a minyan where the custom is that no one wears
Tefillen. I know that in a couple of shuls near me they are makpid
that those who wear Tefillen and those who do not do wear them do not
daven together until after the kedusha of shachris when Tefillen are
taken off. In the Kivasikin minyan that I normally daven with,
those who were Tefillen are upstairs in what is normally the ladies
section. After Kedusha of Shachris, those upstairs join those
downstairs for a Hallel.<br><br>
I have been told that in the Agudah in Baltimore those who wear Tefillen
are on one side of the mechitza and those who don't are on the other side
until after kedusha of shachris. <br><br>
So, apparently there is a problem with having a mix of Tefillen
wearers and non-wearers during Chol Moed.<br><br>
YL</font></body>
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