<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Prof. Levine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:llevine@stevens.edu" target="_blank">llevine@stevens.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><font size="3">I merely sent out an email that I received. It is not necessarily
my opinion.<br><br>
That being said, IMO I think that much of what goes on in
shuls on ST is not appropriate. Drunkenness, eating large
quantities of food, silliness, etc. are, IMO, not
appropriate for ST. Have a look at A. Ya'ari's sefer
Toldos Chag Simchas Torah to see how ST was celebrated over the
centuries.<br>SNIP<br>
I see no need to cancel this kind of ST davening and hence ST can proceed
in this fashion IMO.<br><br>
YL</font></div>
<br></blockquote><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div>A/A is for discussion. <div><br></div><div>What does running a Minyan with your decorum rules and your timing have to do with cancelling the 7th hakafa to mourn a tragedy? The premise of the piece that you posted is to have some mourning /awareness of tragedy during the Chag. That is what I am commenting on. We can have another conversation about the halalchically appropriateness of the various practices done in many shuls on Simchas Torah. </div><div><br></div><div>Saul</div><div> </div></div><br></div></div>