[Avodah] Jewish customs by R Dr Zvi Ron

[Joel Rich]

Worthwhile reading – Jewish customs by R Dr Zvi Ron. Deeply researched in
both halachic and secular scholarship, my general take is that one needs
both in order to understand the likely evolution of many minhagim.
Apparently historical realia make a difference and it’s not so bad to
incorporate general societal expressions into minhagiam (eg expressions of
joy and sadness). It also seems minhagim can be a convenient vehicle for
transmitting currently necessary messages (you can see when novel
explanations appear throughout history for ancient minhagim, especially
those that may have started with a practical technology which was
supplanted {eg feather for bdikat chametz})
bsotot tovot
joel rich
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