Tradition and the Diamond Family

As many if not all of you know, the Diamonds are wedded to tradition. Everything we do has some tradition behind it. I invite all of you to leave your favorite traditions in the comments section.

Our need to defend tradition naturally extends beyond the immediate family as we seek to defend Klal Yisroel's continued reliance on the true and tested Mesorah. The following story involving our dear Dr. Dudie is a prime example of this trait:


"The year was 2001 and on Shabbat morning I was davening at the Rydniker Shtiebl on the Upper West Side which was across the street from my apartment. The late Rabbi Orenstein, who had studied in Kamenitz before the war, was the rav. It was one of those Shabboses where there is some confusion as to which Haftorah is read. Rabbi Orenstein told the reader what he should do, and someone called out that Artscroll says that we should read a different haftorah. Dr. David Diamond stood up, banged his hand on the bimah, and very sternly declared: “In this shul we have a rav, and we follow what he tells us to do. Artscroll is not the rav and Artscroll does not tell us which Haftorah to read!” With that he sat down, and never again did anyone dare ask a “kasha” on the Rav from Artscroll."



The story can be found at the end of footnote 8 of Marc Shapiro's recent post over at the Seforim Blog.