[Avodah] New Brachos

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Responding to RAM quickly 

+ Al mitzvas tefillin is in talmud. The machloqes is how to apply it 

+ Al mitzvas tzitzis is new -- yishar kochecha 

+ Ner Shabbos is Gaonic. AISi [unlike Rosh] chasimas hanusach is post
  Rav Ashi and that the Gaonim were still redacting a lot of liturgy. So I
  would NOT term this late. Rather I would say that "hashimas Hatalmud" got
  an extension in liturgical mattets. FWIW This is old stuff on this list.

+ Re: ashk vs. Seph. Ben Ish Chay and Kaf Hachayim say the s'feiq brachos
  l'haqeil does NOT apply when the minhag IS to say.
  In fact Ben Ish Chay often relates both methods saying seph. Do this
  ashk do that.

[Rant: My picque is against less tolerant Sephardim who [nowadays?] are
m'vazeh minhag Ashkenaz WRT these brachos and FWIW I'm not found of
Ashk. picking on Seph. either. Remember lo kibdu zeh es zeh?]

GS 
RRW 
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