[Avodah] Ashkenazim and Sephardim

[Shoshana L. Boublil]

> Michael Makovi wrote:
>
>> I read somewhere (I forget where) that the Sepharadim got their practice
>> from the Geonim - just look at the Rif and the Rambam. Whereas the
>> Ashkenazim got their practice from Israel through Italy. Where did you 
>> see
>> this claim? Because I forgot where I saw it (but it's a nice thing to say 
>> to
>> Sepharadim in Israel when they claim to be minhag Eretz Yisrael :)

When Sephardim in Israel say that they are following Minhag Eretz Yisrael, 
they are NOT referring to the G'mara.

They are referring to MARAN, R' Yosef Karo and his psika in Eretz Yisrael. 
He is considered by many Sephardim to be THE poseik in Eretz Yisrael.

Shoshana L. Boublil