[Avodah] kitnoyot

[Simon Montagu via Avodah]

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:13 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
>
> The main reason for Ashekanzim to avoid qitniyos today is because if we
> start second-guessing minhagim in this day and age, the mimetic system
> will collapse and all of halakhah will fall apart.
>
>
Mehila, but aren't you being rather Chicken Little (or is your tongue
somewhere in the direction of your cheek?)

We change minhagim all the time, for good and/or bad reasons and halacha
hasn't fallen apart yet. Why is this minhag different from all other
minhagim that people are so set against any change?
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