[Avodah] Hallel in Shul on Pesach night - The Ashkenaz Minhag to refrain

[Ben Waxman]

And the Biur HaGra, I was told, is a much better source of "Minhag HaGra" than Maaseh Rav.

Ben
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  From: David Cohen 


  As far as the Gra goes, while I agree that it is unusual for a significant departure from Minhag Lita not to be noted in Maaseh Rav, it is interesting to note Biur haGra OC 671:21 (quoted in the aforementioned piece in Harerei Kedem), where he says that the proof of the legitimacy of the minhag of lighting Chanukah candles with a beracha in shul is the Hallel on Pesach night, which is really a home mitzvah, but is also done in shul for pirsumei nisa.  It would seem a bit odd for the Gra to give this reasoning if he held that Hallel need not be said in shul on Pesach night in the absence of somebody who is unable to say it himself at home.

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