[Avodah] chukat hagoyim

[Eli Turkel]

<<Professor Sperber [Minhagei Yisrael 8: 13-30] takes Hamberger's
discussion much further documenting how this comes from many
completely outside ancient sources. >>

In fact Sperber shows that many minhagim especially for a wedding have
nonJewish sources

This leads to the question of when minhagim are questioned because
they follow nonJewish sources and when we say they are already
established Jewish customs.
Chatam Sofer objects to a chupah in a shul because it is a reform
custom based on nonJewish practices. However, it seems that this was a
Jewish practice in the days of Rishonim.
As pointed out on the contrary many other weeding practices may have
nonJewish origins

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Eli Turkel