[Avodah] minhag avos

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

> I am somwhat
> uncomfortable with a minhag which seems to be entirely based on
> kabbalah.
> Alan Rubin

It's not entirely based upon kabbalah
The BehaG, Rashba, [even Ikkar Tos YT] all oppose on Talmudic grounds
See be'er hagolah and Beis Yoseph for sources before Zohar
AIUI, BY used Zohar as a machria between the 2 camps.
The argument in favor of wearing is spearheaded by the Rosh largely
based upon a Yerushalmi

What is true about minhag avos aspect appears to be the following
+ Ashkenazim pasqened like the Rosh. Thus "Minhag#1" began, viz. the
  minhag to follow a single Halachic opinion
+ As per BY Sephardim used to follow Rosh. They abandoned this due to Zohar
+ Ashkenazim who stopped Minhag Avos included Hassidim and Talmidei Gra
  who both abandoned Minhag Avos in favor of the Zohar -- or in the case
  of the Gra possibly because the Gra said so.

[Note: this is similar to the Gra's dispute with the Rosh re: 3 matzos
vs. 2 matzos]

I'm writing a short article on this BEH. A more definitive article may
be found in Yaakov Katz's book on Halachah v'Qabbalah.

KT
RRW
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