If there is someone who is not married. However, when he gets an Aliyah he usually wears a tallis (follows Ashkenazi Minhagim), should he wear one if called up for an Aliyah at a Chabad where the custom is to never wear a Tallis before marriage or for Aliyah’s in general?
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1מנהג המקוםis the rule. ואל ישנה אדם, מפני המחלקות.– koutyDec 13, 2018 at 17:19
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Related judaism.stackexchange.com/q/35568/759– Double AA ♦Dec 13, 2018 at 17:25
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I'm a bit confused. Is the hypothetical man married? You say he is but then you imply he might not be since the Chabad rule is for single men not to wear tallitot.– CynDec 13, 2018 at 17:47
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I meant to add for mincha. And in the case of shachris an unmarried man.– YaakovDec 13, 2018 at 18:26
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1No one at a chabad house is gonna try to stop you from wearing a Tallis for an aliya if it is your minhag to do so– DudeDec 13, 2018 at 18:45
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Yes, you should follow your own minhag.
That is to comply with the requirement of not abandoning the Torah of your Mother like is found in the She'iltot d'Rav Achai Gaon 67:2, Tur Orach Chaim 455:1, Chayei Adam, Shabbat and Festivals 127:1, Kol Bo 48:110.
This is also the view of Chabad as explained by the Lubavitcher Rebbe himself in Torat Menachem Hitvadiyut, Vol.8, pp.31-32, beginning with the words, "משתדלים לקיים ולחזק את המנהגים העתיקים".
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1That may be Chabad's view. However, I don't think this is universal. If anything, I've seen that you should follow the shul's minhag. Several shuls I've attended won't give an aliyah unless you wear a hat. In some cases, they will slap someone else's hat on your head when you come up. In another place, you had to wear a tie. (I can't figure out why that place didn't keep spare ties around, though.)– DanFDec 13, 2018 at 19:33
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To my knowledge, the types of things you are describing are not minhagim. They are particular takkanot of a specific synagogue. It's not the same thing. Dec 13, 2018 at 19:38
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@mroll I’ve heard the subject from the mouth of two different very prominent Lubavitcher poskim. Dec 14, 2018 at 13:04
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@DanF Just to put it in perspective, you do not have to take an aliyah when they offer. A polite, no thank you, would avoid any hint of conflict. But I have never had contact with or heard of a Chabad shul that would insist that someone, in particular a guest either remove or put on a tallit gadol for an aliyah. They might offer, but that is simply courtesy. Dec 14, 2018 at 18:03