@ username
Your examples of against Halacha are interesting
“There’s no debate that early Chassidim Davened late (after Zman Tefilla),
I’m sure you are aware of the cheter to finish after the zman if one started before (Shulchan Aruch HaRav based on a Tosafos).
“many other communities didn’t sleep in a Sukkah.”
Right, because either:
1) It was to cold (mitztayer)
2) The men were married and the wives didn’t go to the Sukah (k’ain t’diru)
“Or, as I pointed out earlier, many Litvish Yeshivas do a Heicha Kedusha.”
They have Tephila b’tzibur and Kidusha. You don’t like R’ Yaacov’s pshat? It’s a lot less of a chiddush then the Shulchan Aruch HaRav I cited above. Furthermore, this case is off the subject. The Rabbonim instituted the practice you are objecting to, they are not coming to justify it expo facto.
I’m surprised you didn’t bring up eating inside the house on shmini sufake shvi’i in chutz l’aretz as an example.
So, here is a question for you. What do you think all of the above cases have in common? Hint: It isn’t that we get to twist Halacha into a pretzel to justify minhagim.