[Avodah] Changing the tune in Lecha Dodi - Revisted

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Ben Waxman wrote:

> Well I was postulating that a change to a custom which in of
> itself is only 500 years old can not, by definition, have a
> source.
> Of course it depends how someone defines what is a source. If
> some rebbi from 19th century makes some hiddush, is that a
> source?

I'm confused. If this thread is about how to a define a "minhag", then please continue discussing it. But if we are discussing what constitutes a "source" for a something said recently, then any reliable source would be a "source", right?

Akiva Miller

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