[Avodah] Zman Sinchaseinu Redux - An interesting Rema

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:33:32PM -0400, Sholom Simon wrote:
: Fascinating.  So Nusach Ashkenaz follow the Mechaber here?
: While Sefardim say "Yom Chag Shemini Atzeres Hazeh"
: And Nusach Sefard (Chassidishe) is "Yom Shemini Atzeres Hachag Hazeh"

: I strongly recollect there is another well known halacha where the 
: Ashkenaz follow the Mechaber and Sefardim follow the Rema, but I 
: can't for the life of me remember it...

Close: Ashkenazi sifrei Torah use Kesav BY, Sepharadim use Vellish,
Chassidim use BY as modified by notes based on the Ari. (Close in that
Vellish's very name implies some origin in Yiddish-speaking lands,
but not the Rama...)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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