[Avodah] two fictional sects

[Lisa Liel]

On 4/3/2012 1:50 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> See Pesachim 50a-51a. (Yes, Bavli. Although there are parallel sugyos in
> the Y-mi.) This is why we in the real US, where meqomos have no minhagim,
> we ARE bound to minhag avos.
>    

I have a problem with that.  After all, how did German Jewry get its 
minhag?  How did Spanish Jewry get its?  Presumably, when Jews got 
there, there was no minhag.  But they couldn't all go by minhag avot, 
because that could differ from person to person.

Lisa