Michoel Ronn wrote:

In short, all Nusach HoAri synagogues in America were Lubavitcher
Chassidic synagogues; hence, your ancestors were Lubavitcher Chassidim.
See my circa 1991 article in "Avotaynu" entiteled "Chabad-Lubavitch
Literature as a Genealogical Source."

While it is true that Lubavitcher Chasidim use the "Nusach Hoari", it is
not true that all Nusach Hoari synagogues were Lubavitcher. We have a
Nusach Hoari synagogue here in Montreal that did not start out as a
Lubavitcher synagogue at all.


Shmarya Richler
Montreal, Quebec, Canada stuart@gtrdata.com http://www.gtrdata.com/richler

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