[Avodah] two fictional sects

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 03:56:44PM -0400, David Riceman wrote:
> RMB:
>> I don't think this holds if the individual moves to a place that has  
>> no minhag. See Pesachim 50a-51a. ...                           This is  
>> why we in the real US, where meqomos have no minhagim, we ARE bound to  
>> minhag avos.
>
> Even the sugya of Benei Bayshan is talking about the inhabitants of a  
> town, not the children of a parent.

Which is why I didn't said this applies to individuals.

But Benei haBayshan are following minhag avos -- prior generations
of Benei haBayshan. The moving of a minhag hamaqom when many of the
residents of that maqom move is an instance of minhag avos -- the leaving
generation doing what their parents did. It's not what their new maqom
does -- it had no minhag.

The only difference is that the BhB moved en masse. Kind of like the
group relocation of some Chassidishe groups or of Frankfurt's KAJ.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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