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<font size=3>At 10:49 AM 10/20/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I suspect his reason was that
the minhag /not/ to have hakafos on ST was not <br>
a /genuine/ minhag but a Reform-influenced practice.</blockquote><br>
No, no, no!!!! This has nothing to do with Reform. Indeed, the
introduction of HaKafos was a new innovation (reform) when it occurred.
See R. A. Ya'ari's sefer for the entire historical development of HaKafos
and dancing on ST. Not having HaKafos predates the Reform
movement!<br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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