[Avodah] Minhagim Scams on the Rise...

[Poppers, Michael]

In Avodah V28n98, RCRW replied to RnLL:
>> Minhag goes by makom; not by ancestry. <<
> I would think that would not apply to private stuff.... <
and asked about one's personal t'filos. 
Another two examples of ancestry/family minhag: whether one washes before or after Qiddush; how many hours one waits after eating fleishig before eating milchig. 

I still remember a shiur by RMFeldman (I think he gave it before making aliyah) on eating basukkah on Shmini Atzeres -- he noted one family which had a tradition contra the BT's "sit [but don't make a b'rachah]"....

As I mentioned privately to a few members of the chevrah, lots more can be said on the subject, including noting ancestral minhagim which can temporarily trump minhag hamaqom by establishing their own "maqom" (e.g. the specially-scheduled minyan I held in the JEC Main Shul prior to my son's b'ris -- with the permission of the Mara d'Asra, REMT, it featured Minhag Ashk'naz nusach like a duet between me [the SHaTZ] and the mohel for the Shiras haYam and immediately-preceding p'suqim)....

Gut Voch/Shavua Tov and all the best from 
-- Michael Poppers via BB pager