<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 28, 2007 5:53 AM, Arie Folger <<a href="mailto:afolger@aishdas.org">afolger@aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Reb Mikha'el Makovi asked:<br>> why don't Ashkenazim follow the Yerushalmi?<br><br>Says who? Rabbenu Tam and Rabbenu Yits'haq Or Zaru'a both state that we do<br>base ourselves on sources other than the Bavli, such as Yerushalmi, Pessiqta,
<br>Tosefta and more. This is cited towards the beginning of Ta Shma's Minhag<br>Ashkenaz haQadmon.<br><font color="#888888">--<br>Arie Folger<br><a href="http://www.ariefolger.googlepages.com" target="_blank"></a></font>
</blockquote></div><br>and it therefore this concept is not just a "theory" of Professor Agus<br><br>Just 1 caveat. The Yershalmi was redacted about 350 CE. The minhag EY that Ashkanzim follow is about 200-300 years later. That is how Kallir is more of an influence on Ashknea [circa 580] than the Yershalmi per se
<br><br>Also Siddur Rav Amram Gaon is a major source as per Rabbeinu Tam via Ta Shma.... <br><br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">
http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>