Each branch of Torah Judaism emphasizes different things. Since some things come at the expense of others, you can’t be a full-blown participant in every group. However, you don’t have to jam yourself into one group. You can connect to different parts of different groups. Maybe you like Yekke organization and Chassidic warmth. Maybe you like Manalist Gemara lomdus and Chabad mysticism. But just as you don’t have to jam yourself into one group, you might confuse yourself if you make a full identification with multiple groups. You might and you might not. You have to figure that out. A good approach is to identify with one style but amend it with what you like in others. Rabbi Avigdor Miller identified as a Slobodka musarnik, but he gained also from Satmar, and a variety of musar schools. I don’t think he grabbed onto Satmar thought as much as the shtarck culture. Rabbi Soloveitchik was a Brisker Litvak but he gained also from Chabad, Berlin Orthodoxy, and even secular philosophy. You don’t have to identify with one approach, but usually that works best. Some succeed with a dual-identity like Chabad-Breslov. There might be parts of a group you don’t like. You can ignore it. But true to yourself. Maybe you like Modern Orthodoxy but not the Zionism or feminism. Maybe you like Chabad but not the limiting itself to only the 7 rebbes. Yes, you have every right to put together your own thing.
