[Avodah] Ashkenazim and Sephardim

[Michael Makovi]

> >> 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 :)
> >>Mikha'el Makovi
>
> 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
>

I always figured that Sefaradim meant that they were Middle-Eastern
and closer to Israel than the Ashkenazim. Maran being in Israel is an
interesting interpretation. Regardless of what they mean, I know they
don't mean the Bavli. But I'm saying, you can retort that the
Ashkenazim got many of their minhagim from EY through Italy.

Mikha'el Makovi