Reply To: Do You Belong To A "Shushing" Shul?

There’s a shul down the street from me where talking during davening is tolerated. I’m the president of my shul, so I always have my “financial cap” on. I hate seeing good families chose to go down the street to daven for this reason, but then I keep reminding myself they are just not a “fit” for my shul if their hashgofa allows them to talk during davening and think that’s ok.

I always find it amazing when families tell me they daven down the street because the other shul is more “kid friendly.” Maybe that’s just where the family is holding. I would think you pick a shul by where the family can learn and grow the most – every single day of the week, not where the mothers and children feel most comfortable “chatting it up” the 1 hour a week they are in shul. Is that an appropriate way to think?