Incumbent upon members of a specific Kehillah – yes. But certainly not incumbent upon the rest of us. And even within the parameters of the Kehillah, a rov is not supposed to make a gezaira that cannot (or worse, WILL not) be followed by the majority, when it is not a matter of clear halacha l’maiseh, but rather that rov’s personal hashkafa. To give an example, my Rov would not eat at a certain restaurant. But when asked if it was kosher, he said, “Absolutely,” and if asked if he would eat there, would say that he only assers on himself, but there is no chashash. He understood that a standard that he set for himself, for whatever reason, was not necessarily one that others had to set for themselves.
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