[Avodah] What is a minhag?

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

> How do all the minhagim which are based on kabbalah fit into this 
> definition? For example, staying up all night on Shavuot; how is that a 
> seyag? Yet it has been accepted (?) by all communities, n'est pas?
> Ben

Isn't Tashlich the same thing N'est-ce pas? 

Many minhaggim are simply "spiritual enhancers" 
EG:
    Tashlich
    Selichos
    Shir Hashirim erev Shabbos
    Qabbalas Shabbos
    Tiqqun layl Shavuos
    Tevilah for men (see more)

Some are "al pi sod" and some lav davka.

IIRC Rema recommends Miqveh But only erev YK and mequbbalim use it more
frequently and neither practice are AFAIK strictly Halachic.

My "gut" tells me that perhaps over 50% of what we do on a given day is
"extra-halachic"

Thing of how much davening is required and how much is added on.
Bentsching, too

Qaddesh es atzemcha bemuttar lach I guess can be refraining from the
permitted
OR
Sanctifying the optional.

KT
RRW
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