[Avodah] No HaKafos Even on Simchas Torah

[cgsteinmetz at juno.com]

 "Prof. Levine" <Larry.Levine at stevens.edu> wrote

> There certainly were no HaKafos in Germany or in Ashkenaz shuls on 
> Shemini Atzeres.  Indeed, it is clear from R. Avraham Yari's 
> fascinating sefer, Toldos Chag Simchas Torah, that making HaKafos on 
> SA is a mistake. The ARI introduced HaKafos in Sefas on the night 
> after SA, not on SA at night.  See Yari's book for a detailed 
> discussion of how an error crept into the writings of those who 
> quoted what R. Chaim Vital wrote about what the ARI did and when he 
> did it.
> 
> YL

Ain chodosh tachas hashemesh - this "mistake" was already discussed at
length in 2006, in response to an almost identical post by the same
author.
For those interested, see my response (among many others!)
http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2006q4/000405.html.
Gut Moed
CGS
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