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Question
If one has no real nusach as his father was non-jewish and converted but his mother is fully Jewish is one free to choose ?
Secondly I am studying books on the Vilna Gaon, can I follow his minhag as he has a siddur that he arranged and created ?
Answer
A convert may chose the nusach he /she is most comfortable with. I would not be hasty to chose a nusach that differs greatly from that of the congregation in which you regularly daven, but the bottom line is that you may choose.
Changes to tefillot in Eretz Yisrael
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Nisan 18, 5773
Siddur
Rabbi David Sperling | Av 10, 5774
Switching Nusach
Various Rabbis | 5 Av 5764
