DaasYochid (quoting DaMoshe),
This was a very large shul in Lakewood. Is this achdus???
Right, this was another line that made me feel that DaMoshe was encompassing the entire shul or Lakewood community in his lament, not simply the gabbaim involved. Even if it was just the gabbaim, my point that DaMoshe shouldn’t believe (or interpret in such a negative way) what his cousin said stands. The whole story makes me feel sad, because in reality DaMoshe probably wasn’t even expecting the amud when he visited his cousin, so if nothing was said he never would have been hurt, and most people at that shul probably wanted to make him feel welcome, just like his cousin, and he ultimately felt unwelcome.