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

[Zev Sero]

On 10/04/18 09:07, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> At 06:32 AM 4/10/2018, R Micha Berger wrote:
>> Similarly, I can't count the number of upsherins I've attended for
>> children of Litzvish or Yekkish lineage.
> 
> I will just deal with one of the things you raised.
> 
> If people knew the origin of upsherin and had the courage to go against 
> the crowd,  this practice would end. YL

That is simply not true.  The Baal Shem Tov and his talmidim practised 
it, and that is more than enough for most people.  That not everyone did 
it is irrelevant; very few practices had unanimous support.  The BeShT 
was far greater than the sources you cite, and many more people follow 
him today than follow those people, so they would have no reason to change.

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