[Avodah] An-im Zemiros
Richard Wolpoe
rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com
Sat Nov 10 17:34:21 PST 2007
On 10/25/07, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> On Thu, October 25, 2007 6:09 pm, Zev Sero wrote:
> : Yet another example of similarities between L and B....
>
> In my recent post, I placed chassidus and Brisk near different corners
> of a triangle: Brisk places textual process and halachic mechanics
> ahead of maximizing aggadic, tafqid haadam, concerns, whereas
> chassidus quite famously does the opposite. (The third corner being
> minhag avos / mimeticism.)
>
> Do you disagree with this characterization WRT L? If so, how do you
> account for typical L minyan times?
>
> IOW, I think there are a few coincidences, not a L-B similarity.
When I worked for IBI, a follower of the GRA and a Chabadnick noted how
similar were their piskei Halachah. Brisk often follows GRA. Thus, the 2
traditions have similar roots.
I categorized them together as Litvisher Mekkubalimj
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