Take the 2-minute tour ×  Here is the case: This past Sabbath,
at an ashkanazi synagogue, a sephardi comes to pray. This is the
synagogue that he normally attends (there are about 20 within 1
sq mile).  He prays with the minyan even though its not his
custom, he davens the ashkanazi shomeneh esrai, with the
ashkanazi order of the tfilot...  When it comes time to get an
alyah, or to say kaddish, he uses the sephardi versions (of
both).  This is confusing to me. Normally I would just ask him,
but this time, I can't.  Why would he do this? Why would he pick
and choose which tfilot he prays with which minhag?
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down vote accepted  Tefilo Kehilchoso 4 (14) says in the name of
the Igros Moshe OC 3 (89) that one may not publicly conduct
oneself in a way different to the custom of congregation in
which he is praying.  See also the accepted (green ticked)
answer to this question and apply the same principle here:
"Generally a good idea would be not to do any