My shul davens "standard" Nusach Sfard. During Shabbat mincha, the sha''tz was a Chaba''d chasid. While we were returning the Torah, the sha''tz started saying Kaddish. (Nusach Chaba''d/Ari only says one paragraph: Yehallelu.) Also, as it was R' Schneerson's yahrtzeit last Shabbat, the sha''tz also did not say Tzidkatcha Tzedek.
After he finished davening, the gabbai asked him why he didn't follow minhag hamakom (the minhag of the shul that he is in, now). He responded that Nusach Ari is the only "authentic" nusach, and that Chaba''d never follows minhag hamakom.
I know nothing about this aspect of Chaba''d practice, and the gabbai was surprised to hear this. (As a matter of fact, he was annoyed.) Can someone verify if in fact this is Chaba''d "policy", or if this person was misinformed?
Answer
Sounds like someone who didn't know what they were doing. There is no minhag in chabad to skip tachanun for a yartzeit. Those that skip tachanun on gimmel tammuz do so as a personal hergish bc of the connection to the rebbe rayatz but this should not be forced on others and he should follow community guidelines as the chazan. There is no source for claiming the the chabad nusach is the only valid one and in fact in the introduction to the teholas Hashem siddur there is an explanation of why there are multiple nusachos. In conclusion there is nothing about what this person did which is chabad policy.
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