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<font size=3>At 12:07 AM 3/29/2018, Ben Waxman wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Welcome to the world of minhag.
It is called the human element, that part of the halachic world where we
add our input, our flavor, that element of "je ne sais
quoi".<br><br>
The Rambam writes clearly that "minhag can forbid something that is
permitted". This is one, fairly minor, example of that idea.<br>
</blockquote>I can see forbidding something that is permitted, but
not permitting something that is forbidden.<br><br>
If those who do not eat Gebrokts are doing it, because they are concerned
about chometz, then how can making Gebrokts be permitted on any of
the first 7 days of Pesach, when the issur of chometz is
D'Oraisa? How can making Gebrokts on the 7th day of
Pesach be permitted, even if one might have a guest show up this
year on Friday afternoon who eats Gebrokts. According to those who
do not eat Gebrokts, one is dealing with a possible issur.<br><br>
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