[Avodah] [Areivim] Gebrokts

[Ben Waxman]

Welcome to the world of minhag. It is called the human element, that 
part of the halachic world where we add our input, our flavor, that 
element of "je ne sais quoi".

The Rambam writes clearly that "minhag can forbid something that is 
permitted". This is one, fairly minor, example of that idea.

BTW: No one asked you to justify anything.

Ben
On 3/28/2018 9:21 PM, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> Do not ask me to justify or explain any of these
> practices.