GAON
Well put (you will note,I did not mention makom kavua in any of my posts on this thread)
Though Im not sure why it depends on the “Takanah” of the Shul and not practice. yes in a shul where people sit anywhere any week sure there is no chazaka. but if the same person sits in the same seat week after week year after eyar, why wouldnt chazaka apply in the absence of a set policy one way or the other?
Realisticguy
” if your rave is not well versed in “fake halacha” then I suggest you find a new rav”
No thanks. I much prefer the real kind.
Though dont get me wrong the fake kind is great. I literally laughed at the assertion that it is “assur” (your word) to ask someone to please sit in another seat especially when said seat is provided. So please keep it up.
Earlier I asked if this “halcha” applies if he is using my Sefer or bed as well, or is it limited to seats?
GadolHadorah
“Putting aside common sense, which is the norm on some of these threads, a yid walking into a new shul typically doesn’t first search for a seating chart hidden behind the door or wait for the gabbai sheini or shlishi”
Reverting back to common sense, He deosnt need a seating chart nor a Gabai. he can ask the first guy he sees “hi Reb Yid Im new here is there an open seat” 99/100 he will get one and not inconvenience anybody.