[Avodah] Mayim Achronim

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Zev Sero wrote:

> My point in the Areivim thread was that when a woman does
> everything her mother and grandmother did, then when she
> doesn't wash MA she has a perfect excuse - her mother and
> grandmother didn't do it, so why should she?

I agree with your conclusion, but not with the logic you use to get there.

If a man does everything his father and grandfather did, then when he relies on them and skips something that the Shulchan Aruch requires, does he have a perfect excuse? His father and grandfather didn't do it, so why should he?

On the contrary. One can bring evidence that this is a [minhag/din/whatever]  that was accepted by the men but not accepted by the women, but one cannot say, "I am bound by what my grandparents did and no more."

Akiva Miller

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