[Avodah] What is the source for the minhag of Chasidim to have HaKafos on Shmini Atzeres night?

[Prof. Levine]

At 01:13 AM 10/22/2006, Chaim G Steinmetz wrote:

>Let me preface this by saying that I have no expertise in Kisvei Arizal and
>in the various versions of the manuscripts and prints etc. I am also not an
>expert in minhogim at all, but Torah hi ulilmod ani tzorich.

I recall hearing that we actually have almost nothing directly from 
the ARI. The writings that we have are from Rav Chaim Vital and other 
talmidim of the ARI. Thus, technically, I am not sure if there really 
is anything that one can correctly label as "Kisvei 
Arizal."  However, I am not sure of this.


Yitzchok Levine 
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