[Avodah] minhagei 9 av

[Zev Sero]

Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
> 
> _http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/devarim/are.html_
> 
> is  any group other than L, who throw beans during the proceedings

Beans?!  Where do beans come from?  The minhag is to throw "berelach"
(I don't know the English name); perhaps someone misread this as
"beblach"!

As you can see in the article, it was a very common minhag in White
Russia and the Ukraine; if you want to know who still does it you
should probably look at communities from those countries.  Since the
Mishne Burura disapproves of it, you should exclude those communities
who take him as a posek achron. 


> and who make  siyumim daily [including  9 av to my knowledge]

This is a modern minhag L, introduced by the LR in the late '70s
or early '80s.  On 9 Av the siyum is on Moed Katan, which is one of
the gemaras one may learn on that day. 


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