Reply To: Mesorah and Levush

It’s Mesorah goes back to 1851! It’s one of the few Shuls where being strictly Frum was a requirement for full membership. Rabbi Avraham Rice (the 1st Ruv in America) in 1849 resigned from his Shul because they were pushing for Reforms. In 1851 he started his own strictly Frum Minyan which later became Shearith Israel. So your talking some serious history here. A strictly Frum Shul that was around from before the Civil War.