[Avodah] "Ancient" Minhagim

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:02:31 +0000
rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:

> > "Lo sosuru limits minhag -- a minhag can't violate halakhah, even
> > derabbanan"
> > Micha
> 
> Well there are a few exceptions:
> The minhag not to duchan daily.
> 
> The minhag for women not to do zimun for themselves, even when halacha. Would require it.  Eg 3 women and 0-2 men.

No.  The Halachah is that three women and fewer than three men is only
a reshus (SA OH 199:7), and there's no violation of Halachah when they
choose not to do so.  What does seem to violate Halachah is the failure
of women (even one) to join a Zimun when three or more men are present;
this question is discussed in Igros Moshe (OH V:9:10).

Yitzhak
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