<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ezras Torah claims neither to be old or authentic. They
claim to follow the piskei halacha of Rav Henkin. He was "the posek" of
the USA for some time. To follow something else may be minhag avot, if
all/majority of the congregants are from the same region. The Ezras
Torah luach is as close as it gets to minhag hamakom of Ashkenazim for
the USA. As the overwhelming majority of shuls in the USA do not have
congregants from the same region, Ezras Torah would seem to be the guide
to follow.<div>
<br></div><div><div><br></div><div>KvCT</div><div><br></div><div>Saul</div></div></div><br>On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Prof. Levine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:llevine@stevens.edu" target="_blank">llevine@stevens.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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If you compare the two, you will find many differences. Rabbi
Hamburger's Luach is based on the old ("authentic")
minhag Ashkenaz. </font></div><br></div></div>