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<font size=3>At 06:24 AM 5/4/2018, Simon Montagu wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> There is no evidence that
anyone at all celebrated Lag B'Omer before the<br>
> 17th century. (Please correct me if you have evidence
otherwise.)<br>
><br><br>
I wonder if the author of this article recites Kabbalat Shabbat and
sings<br>
Lecha Dodi on Friday nights. There is no evidence that anyone at all
did<br>
that before the 16th century.</blockquote><br>
In Ashkenaz shuls it used to be the custom (and probably still is in some
places) that Kabbolas Shabbos was said from the shulchan where the Torah
is leined rather that from where the Shatz normally davened for the
Amud. This is to show that Kabbolas Shabbos was an addition to the
davening.<br><br>
Kabbolas Shabbos was not accepted in Frankfurt for some time, and I
was told that in one place the Shatz did not wear a talis for it to show
that it was not really part of the davening.<br><br>
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