[Avodah] Baruch She'amar

[Zev Sero]

On 24/06/2011 10:24 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> The bit about the pasqa nafal meirqia' dates back to the siddur of R'
> Yaaqov Emden.

The Or Zarua is older than that



On 24/06/2011 10:24 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> But in any case, I still fail to see the relevence to our initial topic.
> We're discussing the idea of using a heavenly source to pasqen.

No, we're discussing the idea of instituting and changing minhagim based
on information that comes from Above, whether through nevuah, ruach
hakodesh, dreams, giluy Eliyahu, or papers falling from heaven.  And
these examples and more clearly show that this is legitimate.

Here are a few more examples:

* Kaddish yasom based on a dead person's message to R Akiva.

* Being careful not to speak during Vayechulu and the Bracha Me'ein Sheva,
  based on a message a dead person gave to someone in a dream.

* Not davening "achorei beis haknesses" without turning ones face to it
(I'm really not sure what exactly this means), based on giluy Eliyahu.

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Zev Sero
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