[Avodah] Stability and Revision Pt. 1 Parallels

[Sholom Simon]

I enjoyed your tri-partite division, and look forward to your next
installment

But I was wondering if there might be more categories.

The one that stands out in my mind is "reactionism" -- i.e., in order to
distinguish ourselves from others.  Eating hot foods on shabbos is an
older instance.  A more modern one might be hiring a non-Jew to play music
on shabbos -- which apparently used to be the custom for chasunes a while
back (see S"A which expressly permits this) -- but is now sociologicall
ossur as a reactino to when Reform started to introduce music to their
prayer services.

A quick note, too, on one of your categories:

> Activism:
...
> Goal:
> To pursue a liberal or a libertarian or a libertine] agenda.  To promote
> progressivism.  Maximise rights for the people.

In halacha, activism goes both ways.  Certainly those involved in
so-called "chumra of the month" types of communities, which sometimes
spread to the rest of us.  (I can't help but wonder if women vis-a-vis
parshas zachor might be of this variety -- but one can possibly think of
others: requiring light boxes to examine lettuce, selling one's keilim for
Pesach, etc.)

> BEH I will follow up with Halachic parallels in the next post.

I look forward

-- Sholom