[Avodah] TEXTUAL JUDAISM AND THE LIVING TORAH

[Zev Sero]

On 02/11/17 08:12, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> The Beit Yosef emphasizes that the custom of the entire world 
> contradicts the Rosh's ruling.

Not the entire world.  The Rosh himself reported that he was gratified 
to discover, while travelling through Provence on his way from Germany 
to Spain, that they did it the right way.   This reinforced him in his 
determination to try to change the practice in Spain.


> In our case, the Beit Yosef perceived that the custom of going
 > according to Eretz Yisrael was universal,

On the contrary, *nobody* goes according to EY.  The universal custom is 
to go according to Iraq.   The Rosh wanted all Mediterranean Jews, who 
share EY's climate, to follow EY, as the Provencals did, but they refused.

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