[Avodah] What's Minhag

Micha Berger via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Wed Nov 23 08:56:51 PST 2016


On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 05:47:35PM +1100, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote:
: Minhag, meaning it has some Halachic significance, must reflect an aspect
: of Halacha.
: 
: As Rav Hershel Schachter wrote ...

I din't know exactly how RHS phrased it, but "an aspect of *halakhah*" is
too narrow.

Many minhagim reflect an aspect of hashkafah or mussar.

Milchigs on Shavuos, for example.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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