Joe, a relative of mine once told me he had a conversation with R’ Teitz from Elizabeth. Apparently in the school there, they teach two different pronunciations – one for davening/learning, and one for Ivrit. My relative asked him, “I can show you a dozen proofs regarding certain pronunciations, that the way you teach them for davening is incorrect. Would you change it?” R’ Teitz replied, “You can show me 1,000 proofs, and it wouldn’t matter to me. This is the way my father did it, and the way his father did it, and the way his father did it before him. Mesorah matters more than your proofs!”
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