[Avodah] Is Turkey Kosher?

[Zev Sero]

On 17/11/2010 3:53 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:

> Generally the minhog in Ashkenaz was to eat turkey, (in the work 'Minhogei
> Amsterdam' you can see turkey cited as one of the birds eaten). There
> were very few families, (mostly in Russia and Lithuania) that did not
> eat Turkey, but that definitely was not the common minhog.

Yes, we know that.  But on what basis did that minhag arise?  It must
have started in places where they didn't believe a mesorah was necessary,
or else out of a mistaken belief that a mesorah existed elsewhere.


> The person who pointed me to this wrote, "According to R' Hamburger
> [author of Sheirushei Minhag Ashkenaz], Turkey has a valid mesorah."

But we know beyond doubt that that isn't true.


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