[Avodah] Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz on RSRH's 19 Letters

[Akiva Blum]

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From: avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org [mailto:avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org]
On Behalf Of Prof. Levine
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:54 PM
 
 
At 07:17 AM 8/2/2010, Ben Waxman wrote:


TTBOMK means to the best of my knowledge and if they didn't follow in their
father's path, that is fine.


Really, this is fine!!!!  What happened to mesora? Is it to be ignored and
simply cast aside?

And here I thought that Yahadus was based on following one's mesora.  YL 

 
What does any of this have to do with mesorah? Do I have have to do everything
my father decided to do?
 
If he is simply following the traditions of his fathers, so be it. But if my
father wakes up one day and decides to grow a beard, so must I?? Do my children
need to subscribe to Avodah (T) just because I do???
 
You can argue how far back a mesorah need be to be valid, but surely one's
father's inventions don't count for too much.
 
Akiva 

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