[Avodah] aveilus of Nine Days is equivalent to Shloshim

[Rich, Joel]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:15:41PM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Forced to assume? Wouldn't it be appropriate to assume kol dtakkun
: rabbanan K'ein duraita tikun and that "minhag" regarding aveilut for
: beit hamikdash would have originated (or been shaped) with the rabbis
: not the people?

Does minhag start with the rabbanan? If so, how do you distinguish
between minhag and a din derabbanan?

I thought that minhag was common practice as ratified by the rabbanan.
And that the Rambam (Mamrim 2:2-3) is a daas yachid in requiring
proactive ratification rather than considering shetiqah kehoda'ah
sufficient.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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It always seemed to me to be an open question - see Taanit 26b which
seems to imply a rabbinic function of some type in minhag.
Oh and of course who would start a new minhag without asking daas torah
;-)
KT
Joel Rich
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