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[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Thu, 21 May 2009 20:49:09 +0000
rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:

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> But the idea of davening maariv (arvis) late on shavuous night that
> I could not even get the rabbi-Chaplain of a nursing home to budge.
> Even though the MB himself would have probably made an exception!
> 
> The protest AISI is NOT against the minhag of davening late per se,
> it's about making it MISINAI as the exclusive option! It's like davening
> early is like wearing Rabbeinu Tam tefillin INSTEAD of Rashi Tefillin.
> It's as if the early option, even though supported by AhS, MGA, and aiui
> RYDS has been written off the books somehow....

Magen Avraham (I assume that's who you mean by MGA) does require
waiting until zeis for kiddush (beginning of 494).

I think your overally formulation is quite fair, but my objection has
been to cavalier statements totally dismissive of the Minhag, such as:
"One need not wait to daven Maariv on the first night of Shavuous.
There are poskim to rely on if one wants to daven early."
This is just wrong; it is a custom endorsed by many Aharonim, with wide
support, certainly among Ashkenazim in the NY area, and although it
should not be made into more than what it is, a simple minhag, and
there's certainly basis to be lenient where necessary, we should not be
advocating its wholesale abandonment.

Yitzhak
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