[Avodah] Dancing Around A Bonfire & Concern of Foreign Practices: Rav Wosner's Responsum

[Zev Sero]

On 03/05/18 14:56, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 01:17:41PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> : But in any case the question was about how Sefardim go at night, and
> : the answer is the same way they go by day.
> 
> The question is: How does anyone go at night, as the minhag hage'onim
> (? early rishonim?) includes Lag la-/baOmer night according to both
> Ashk and Seph?


And the answer is that (a) Yom Simchas Rashbi, which was unknown in the 
days of the Ge'onim and Rishonim, begins at nightfall.  Thus their 
words, which are about the day the plague stopped, aren't applicable to 
the new holiday, so those who drop aveilus for it do so from nightfall. 
  (b) The Meron celebrations, which the question was about, don't 
violate the sefira observances anyway.


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