<html><head></head><body><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=plaintextbody>: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 </SPAN><SPAN class=plaintextbody>R. Akiva Miller wrote:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">><SPAN class=plaintextbody>…A generation has now grown up which never saw Pesachdik peanut oil, </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>nor reliable non-glatt meat. Which brings us to the question: Given </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>that even 50 years ago, there *were* some groups who had a genuine </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>minhag to avoid peanuts on Pesach, and also some groups who had a </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>genuine minhag to eat only glatt meat, if a captive audience ends up </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>following these practices only because of economic or availability </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>reasons, does that mean that this has become their minhag? </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=plaintextbody>Personally, I doubt it. But go try to tell that to them!< <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=plaintextbody>This brings to mind the Gemora in Brachos about where in Shemoneh Essray to say havdalah. The Gemora says the question arose because when the Jews could afford it, it was recited not in tefillah but over a cup of yayyin. Over the generations the financial status of the Jews changed, some generations able to afford the wine for havdala and others not. The requirement changed accordingly (and thus the proper place for recital in tefilla was forgotten)..<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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