[Avodah] Longevity of Minhag haMakom (was: Simchas Torah & a Lost Minhag of the Gra)

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 12:16:33PM -0400, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: Why didn't those who returned to EY practice the minhagim of EY?
: For example, why didn't they go back to the 3.5 year cycle of reading
: the Torah?

While this is hard to picture, as there was no continuity between the EY
community of Minhag EY of Chazal's day and the current Yishuv, ROYosef does
make a similar point.

ROY believes that if an Ashkenazi makes aliyah, they really ought to
switch to Minhagei Sepharad. On the grounds that the SA set minhag EY.
He does later find heterimg for Ashkenazim to continue with their old
minhagim, but he does believe it's just that, a heter, and if an Ashkenazi
Israeli wished to switch, by all means they should do so.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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