<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2008 6:58 AM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</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;">
<br><br>You might be correct, but I hope not. It is one thing for non-Chassidim to Chassidize themselves with minhagim like wearing a kittel at the wedding, or having an upsheren at age three. But to abandon a possible d'Oraisa like tefilin? I shudder at the thought.<br>
<br>I would prefer to believe that it was a different route which caused this change. Namely, the GRA's minhag (as you wrote), which then became the universal Minhag Eretz Yisrael, and then spread to those who went to learn there, either for a short time, or a long time, or permanently.<br>
<br>Some evidence for my guess might be gathered by comparing how many men skip Tefilin on Chol Hamoed, and how many skip Baruch Hashem L'Olam at Maariv. I would hope that the great majority of Ashkenazim either do both or do neither. And that if anyone changed, they did it only after consulting with their rav.<br>
<br>Akiva Miller<br><br></blockquote></div><br>FWIW I agree mostly with your assessment.<br>Tanegntially since minhag avos was throwrn out with regard to Baruch Hashem l'olam and Tefilln on Hulo shel Moed, why bother keeping it with Kitniyyos?<br>
<br>Or iow by what criteria did SOME minhag ashkenaz survive the assaults of Hassidism as well as the followers of the GRA and not otherwise?<br clear="all"><br>At least for the most part [excpet probably for the innovation of dancing on Simchas Torah] Yekkes are pretty consistent.<br>
<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>