[Avodah] Minhag Avos and Sephardim

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Michael:
> It just means that regarding qitniot, the halakhah says "do what you want"
> After all, what makes qitniot so magical?

I've often wondered why - during the 1700's when so many minhaggim were
changed or abandoned by Hassidim or by the GRA - why didn't they jettison
Qitnoyyos, too?

Maybe it IS magical?


Micha adressing Michael:
> Your assertion that "there is no such thing as 'minhag avot'" (to quote
> your blog)

Minhag avos is an explicit and undisputed R Yochanan in P'sachim see
ch. 4 50:2 Bnai bayshan nahug thru "sh'ma b'ni mussar avicha..."

Key quote:
"K'var qibblu avoseichem aliechem"

This is AFAIK Halachah P'suqa See SA YD 214:2

Aiui it is also used by Chayei Adam on Both Qitniyyos and Waiting 6 Hours
[though that might be minhag Hamaqom.]

[AFAIK the ONLY objection Sephardi Posqim have to Minhag Avos is when it
[seemingly] contradicts Halachic sources - usually Bavli. But not to
Humros per se.]

KT
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