[Avodah] Waiting to Daven Maariv on Shavuous

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Yitzchok Levine <Larry.Levine at stevens.edu>
wrote:

>  It is time for me to begin my annual campaign to try to convince people
> that there is no reason to wait until after Tzas Ha Kochovim to daven Maariv
> on the first night of Shavuous. In fact, it seems that some shuls did not
> wait to daven Maariv on the first two nights of Pesach. See
>
> http://parsha.blogspot.com/2008/04/davening-maariv-early-on-shabbos-on.html
>
>
> Many may be surprised to learn that it was not the practice in the
> Ashkenazic world in the time of the Rishonim to wait to daven Maariv. Also,
> it was not the practice of some Achronim.
>
> The selections at
> http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/maariv_on_shavuous.pdf<http://personal.stevens.edu/%7Ellevine/maariv_on_shavuous.pdf>are taken from the sefer
> *Sheirushei Minhag Ashkenaz*, volume 4, by Rabbi Benyamin Shlomo
> Hamburger.  Anyone interested in going back to the old-time religion and
> having an early minyan on the first night of Shavuous? If you live in
> Flatbush, then please let me know.
>
>
> Yitzchok Levine
>

FWIW we davened early ma'ariv at my shul in Wash. Heights/Inwood. Yeeekss
AFAIK are not makpid ot wait until tzeis for ma'ariv
Also, magen Avaraham and Aruch Hashulchan are ONLY makpid on Kiddush after
tzeis NOT ma'ariv!


Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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