[Avodah] Something's Not Kosher at the Matzah Bakery

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:01:09PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> Surely minhag hatagarim is by definition valid; so long as everyone's
> expectations are on the same page, because they're all participants in
> the same economy with the same practises, there should be no issur,
> de'oraisa or derabanan.

> Postponing the usual payday, as in the story, certainly seems to be a
> problem; since by definition it's a change from what the workers have
> been told and have expected and relied on...

Which is the definition of lo solin, so as you note, there is no
violation.

As a matter of theory, though, is it an issue of minhag hatagarim? I
thought that a way to have qinyanim that are not of one of the halachic
forms, and therefore wouldn't be related to  lo solin.

-Micha

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