during the holocaust, many risked their lives for a tfillah btzibur, a moment of wearing tefillin, a tiny morsel of matzah, when one wrong step meant a literal bullet in the head. it is very understandable for people to want to continue the chain of mesiras nefesh started by their parents and grandparents by davening with a minyan(all the more so now– there are no nazis waiting around the corner to shoot us)
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