Reply To: Lack of Ashkenaz Siddurim

Sam2: Not necessarily. If there is a real established community, with one recognized Rav, you are not allowed to go in and start another group with its own minhagim – you are transgressing Al Tisgodedu, which is a d’Oraysa. A friend of mine lives in Elizabeth, and he told me that there, everyone must follow the minhagim of the community, led by R’ Teitz, because of this.