[Avodah] Bene Israel of India

[Rich, Joel]

Interesting article in the current issue of Conversations on "Learning from the Bene Israel of India".  They have an oral tradition which Rabbi Shafner somewhat describes.  My questions is how do we know we got it right and they need to switch to our understanding of halacha?  If they need to switch, why did later deviations (e.g. ashkenaz vs. sfard) not have to pick one approach once they rediscovered each other?
KT
Joel Rich

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