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[Moshe123]

20 likes and I post the picture of @whYME davening maariv wearing a gartel but no shirt.

21 likes already @Something Fishy

[Something Fishy]

20 likes and I post the picture of @whYME davening maariv wearing a gartel but no shirt.

Nuuuu?!

21 likes already @Something Fishy

Unfortunately due to widespread voter fraud this campaign has now ended.

[Dan]

Unfortunately due to widespread voter fraud this campaign has now ended.

[Yehuda57]

Unfortunately due to widespread voter fraud this campaign has now ended.

Press conference at Four Seasons Landscaping OIDH

[AsherO]

Ok. We get it. Anyone who wants to ask a shaala and get a cop out answer can just call RC.

#chumrashopping

[Dan]

Unfortunately due to widespread voter fraud this campaign has now ended.

And here come the clawbacks

[ExGingi]

And here come the clawbacks

Clawbacks are meaningless once the campaign has ended.

[ExGingi]

#chumrashopping

Which way is a chumra?

FWIW, in Lubavitch we are never מחמיר, we try to be מהדר.

[koplonko]

Some are Lubavitcher rabonim?
FWIW, Rabbi Chaikin told me no exceptions, other than ufruf of course.

FYI, tali's at ufruf has nothing to do with chasuna. It's purely kovid hatzibur. Do your research

[aygart]

Which way is a chumra?

FWIW, in Lubavitch we are never מחמיר, we try to be מהדר.

Like the briskers

[Dan]

FYI, tali's at ufruf has nothing to do with chasuna. It's purely kovid hatzibur. Do your research

Why is it different than any other bochur getting an aliya in a Chabad shul?

[ExGingi]

Why is it different than any other bochur getting an aliya in a Chabad shul?

In Chabad (by the Rebbe) Bar Mitzvah boys generally don't get Aliyas Shabbos morning, Mincha they don't wear a Talis and weekdays, the Rebbe would be at the Yeshiva Minyan so the assumption is that if the Tzibbur aren't wearing Talleisim, it's not necessary for Kovod Hatzibur.

...

By the Rebbe, the only Bochurim to get Aliyas Shabbos morning were Chassanim by their Aufruf and they did wear a Talis. There were exceptions though. Such as a Bochur who Leined on Shabbos morning, or a Bar Mitzvah boy who got an Aliya on YT and they also wore a Talis.

Some say that whoever gets an Aliya by a Minyan which is mostly married men, should wear a Talis, and that's the only reason why a Chosson does. Others say that only a Chosson should but other Bochurim shouldn't wear a Talis even if they are getting an Aliya at Shachris in a Minyan which is mostly married men.

[Dan]

All fine and well, but l'poel I've been to hundreds of Chabad Houses across 6 (does our boat count as 7?) continents and have never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis for shacharis at the amud or an aliya, though ufruf is an exception.
So saying "purely kovid hatzibur" and statements like "do your research" is bubbe maisos.

[ExGingi]

All fine and well, but l'poel I've been to hundreds of Chabad Houses across 6 (does our boat count as 7?) continents and have never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis for shacharis at the amud or an aliya.

1. Can't bring a ראיה from Chabad houses.
2. I guess this is like many minhagim nowadays, which are established by practice which is based on ignorance.
3. טוט אלץ וואס איהר ווילט...
4. I have also never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis at the omud (except for Selichos) or an aliya.

[koplonko]

All fine and well, but l'poel I've been to hundreds of Chabad Houses across 6 (does our boat count as 7?) continents and have never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis for shacharis at the amud or an aliya, though ufruf is an exception.

Many years ago bochurim wore a talis when they got aliyas. Then bochurim became very chassidish and stopped by aliyas just like they don't (as says in hayim yom) by omud. The Rov in 770 at the time said that by Shabbos shacharis they should wear it because kovid hatzibur. And Although in lubavitch they are not makpid on kovid hatzibur, if an "outsider" sees it it not kovid hatzibur. Weekdays there are no balabatim so no concern

[Dan]

Many years ago bochurim wore a talis when they got aliyas. Then bochurim became very chassidish and stopped by aliyas just like they don't (as says in hayim yom) by omud. The Rov in 770 at the time said that by Shabbos shacharis they should wear it because kovid hatzibur. And Although in lubavitch they are not makpid on kovid hatzibur, if an "outsider" sees it it not kovid hatzibur. Weekdays there are no balabatim so no concern

Noch a mahl:

All fine and well, but l'poel I've been to hundreds of Chabad Houses across 6 (does our boat count as 7?) continents and have never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis for shacharis at the amud or an aliya, though ufruf is an exception.
So saying "purely kovid hatzibur" and statements like "do your research" is bubbe maisos.

I have also never seen a Lubavitcher bochur put on a talis at the omud (except for Selichos) or an aliya.

So again, why is it common minhag at Chabad shuls worldwide for bochurim to daven at the omud and get aliyas without a talis, but common minhag for chasanim at their ufruf to wear a talis?
You really want to tell me the answer to that question is "purely kovid hatzibur"? 

[ExGingi]

Noch a mahl:
So again, why is it common minhag at Chabad shuls worldwide for bochurim to daven at the omud and get aliyas without a talis, but common minhag for chasanim at their ufruf to wear a talis?
You really want to tell me the answer to that question is "purely kovid hatzibur"? 

2. I guess this is like many minhagim nowadays, which are established by practice which is based on ignorance.
3. טוט אלץ וואס איהר ווילט...

אדרבא, why don't you explain away why is a tallis worn for an aufruf?

[Dan]

אדרבא, why don't you explain away why is a tallis worn for an aufruf?

A lot easier to argue that it has to do with the proximity to the chasana and the levels of makif attained then, no?

[ExGingi]

A lot easier to argue that it has to do with the proximity to the chasana and the levels of makif attained then, no?

Based on?

[Dan]

Based on?

The argument the other way not making any sense?