[Avodah] Tefilin On Chol hamoed In Eretz Yisroel (and Flatbush)

[Prof. Levine]

At 12:26 PM 3/29/2018, Micha Berger wrote:
>They do it betzin'ah because violating minhag hamaqom is very difficult.

I recall hearing a talk by Rabbi Shlomo Hamburger where he insisted 
that there is no minhag ha Makom in EY.  He said within 10 blocks of 
here there are many shuls davening many different Nuschos.  Hence 
there is no minhag ha Makom in EY.

I add that in EY on Pesach  one has Sephardim eating kitniyos and 
rice,  Chassidim not eating Gebrokts, and the non-Chassidic world 
eating Gebrokts but not eating kitniyos.  Where is the minhag ha 
Makom regarding this?

EY is collage of many different customs of Jews from all over the 
world. I think that Rabbi Hamburger is correct when he says there is 
no minhag Ha Makom in EY.

Regarding tefillin, the Sephardim and the Talmidim of the GRA did 
not  put on  tefillin on Chol Moed before  they came to EY and  so 
continued to do this when they came to EY.  I do not understand why 
Ashkenazim  who put on tefillin on Chol Moed before they came to EY 
stopped doing this when they came to EY.

YL


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