[Avodah] Ashkenazim and Sephardim

[Zev Sero]

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 :)
> 
> Of course, if this were the case, the Ashkenazim would follow the Talmud
> Yerushalmi, I would think. 

The theory is that they did, until RGMH went to learn in Bavel and came
back with the derech that he learned there, giving primacy to Talmud
Bavli.

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