[Avodah] Minhag Shtus

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 15/11/16 17:15, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> If the process of creating minhag is as I described, I am wondering about
> practices that caught on among the people but could not be justified
> by the rabbinate. Not rejected, that's the case just discussed. But
> no deep meaning could be found either. Would that be a minhag shetus,
> or do we need active rejection?

I haven't got the time now to find the source, but I am certain that 
I've seen it written that no minhag is real unless it was endorsed by 
the LOR of the place where it was introduced.  If we see that a minhag 
is established and treated as such we assume that there was such rabbnic 
backing, but if we know there wasn't then it's not a minhag.

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