<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> That begs the question.  Do you have a source that says "minhag avoteinu</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> b'yadeinu" is a halakhic stricture?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I must not be understanding your question. How else do you understand</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2 days of Yom Tov in Chutz La'aretz?  >></span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">There obviously is a difference between the gemara stating </font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">"minhag avoteinu </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">b'yadeinu"</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">and between applying that to every minhag that existed at some time.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Besides</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">"eino rainu eino raayah"<br clear="all">
</font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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