[Avodah] minhag avos

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RJR
> Which raises a separate question also regarding chozer vniur -- in theory
> each influxed individual should have taken on the local custom. The
> fact that they didn't act appropriately, according to this theory, now
> means there is no minhag hamakom????}

Question to ask:
How did they migrate?
En masse or as a trickle of individuals?

Let's say we have a city called DualTown
It started with an Ashkenazic community, and then Sephardim immigrated
in 1492 by the dozens. You now have a city with "2 batei dinnim"

AIUI Amsterdam and Hamburg [or AH"U] were like this.
And New Amsterdam NYC was the same in reverse.

Put this in Halachic terminology:
"Kama Kama batteil" works with drops, not with a signifcant flow or influx

KT
RRW
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