[Avodah] Do Women Need To Hear Eicha?

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:10:03AM +0100, Chana Luntz wrote:
: I don't think that the whole discussion between RZS and myself makes any
: sense if we are indeed (as he and I agree) talking about a minhag.  If the
: minhag is that women go, then that is the minhag, and if they don't it is
: not...

Rambam Hil' Mamrim 2:1-3 talks about batei din establishing minhagim. To
square that with the impression one generally gets (as per RnCL) I
suggested that the difference between "what people do" and a formal
minhag is whether it can get post-facto rabbinic approval. IOW, it has
to be found to fit the system.

Recall RYBS's more extreme position (and I think only a Brisker would say
this) that /every/ minhag follows a matbei'ah already found in a mitzvah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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