[Avodah] What is a minhag?

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Clarification re: Selichos of RH 

If the hypothesis that Selichos of RH was indeed a genuine Gaonic
institution -
Then how can the Shaarei Teshuva [681:4] Pasqen that Tiqqun Hatzos
trumps Selichos?

Ela Mai? The Gaonic Selichos previously referred to must be the Selichos
of Taanis tzibbur which is never in conflict with Tiqqun Hatzos. This is
because Rav Amram Gaon has it embedded in birkas "s'lach lanu"

Note: Our minhag to allow selichos as early as hatzos [except for first
night] after hanetz, is a kulla. AFAIK in the old days it was done
[only] as originally designed - viz. in the "ashmores habboqer"

KT
RRW
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