[Avodah] minhagei 9 av

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 03:08:04PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
>> In Camp Munk, they made sure to have one night without a siyum.

> Why?

To have the unmodified minhag at least once. I think it's similar
reasoning as why REMT has the Elizabeth eruv down once a year -- otherwise
people would forget the original.

>> R' Yechiel Aryeh ("Michael") Munk z"l [...] justified the frequent use
>> of siyumim to offer fleishig dinners.

> Oh.  AFAIK one can't participate in such a seudah unless one would have
> done so even had it not been the 9 days....

Not a problem in camp.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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