[Avodah] Arukh haShulchan and Halachic Process

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 06:59:03PM +0100, Chana Luntz via Avodah wrote:
> Category c), a minhag taus. That is how the Meiri understands this
> Yerushalmi - explaining that a custom that, inter alia, is one derived
> from excessive piety is a minhag taus, and uses this Yerushalmi's "not
> a custom" as an illustration....

Related is the chamor who follows the chumeros of both Beis Shammai and
Beis Hillel. A similar mistake.

The Meiri, if we're talking about the same quote, is only referring to
minhagim that have no maqor. A personal minhag that does have a maqor
requires hataras nedarim.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha