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<font size=3>At 11:21 AM 4/10/2018, Micha Berger wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Since this is a shift to a new
topic, I changed the subject line<br>
accordingly.<br><br>
: The following is from Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz, Minhag
Ashkenaz:<br>
: Sources and Roots by Rabbi Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger, Synopsis of<br>
: Volumes I-IV.<br><br>
WADR to RBSH, he is mistaken.</font></blockquote><br>
It was not RSRH who wrote this, but Rabbi Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger
who has spent much time investigating minhagim.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>: The earliest
reports of t he chalaka [upsherin] celebration are<br>
: found in accounts<br>
: written by Sepharadim early in the period of the Acharonim...<br><br>
It has to be earlier.</font></blockquote><br>
Again you are questioning Rabbi Hamburger. I suggest you contact
him about this and the rest of your post.<br><br>
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