[Avodah] Eretz Yisrael and the Roots of Ashkenaz

[Arie Folger]

I wrote:
> Definitely. Ashkenaz and Sefarad are both mixes, which brought
> EY and Bavel closer to each other.

However, I should still stress that despite Ashekenaz and Sefarad
being both influenced by both EY and Bavel, the relative proportions
are different, and it remains useful to keep their respective dominant
origins in mind. These do explain certain oddities, like, as I
suggest, the different texts of kol 'hamira wa'hami'a.

PS: For the purist rabbis, there is really nothing preventing them
from ending their 'eruv tavshilin declarations with lana ulekhol
yehudain dedarin bekarta hadein. (Ba'alei batim are really not
concerned by that phrase, as they don't tend to do zikui of their
'eruv tavshilin and therefore cannot make it be valid for others).

Kol tuv,
-- 
Arie Folger,
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