Reply To: Why no mention of Rav Ovadiah in Monsey/Lakewood, etc.

Finding references to the concept of quiet, Vayidom Aharon, Agra Dibei Tamya, Shtikusa Betrein, Halachos of not speaking first etc., doesn’t really address the issue we are discussing. This is a ritual of stopping what you are doing to pay respects in this manner. I don’t recall this concept anywhere in Yiddishkeit, and following outside rituals bumps with Chukos Hagoyim.