Reply To: I’m still waiting….

I think there was a deeper reason why it didn’t affect the Sephardim. I think that by them everyone was considered in the fold. They didn’t banish someone who didn’t keep Shabbos for example. They included everyone. Have you ever gone to a Sephardi shul? It’s like a mishmash of people. Your typical Ashkenaz minyan in Flatbush looks like a bunch of clones.