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'So, nothing from Tzefat -- eg no Qabbalas Shabbos? They didn't wear<br>
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I am missing something here.'<br>
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<p>I think the point was there was a tendency not to value or keep minhagim, not an absolute rule. And they possibly gave different status to minhagim which clearly originated with gedolim not un-named masses, eg kabalas shabbos. As for the yamulka example,
that's got a makor in shas and is mentioned by rishonim, no?</p>
<p>Perhaps another example would be Shir hamaalos before bentching which was innovated by the Chida I think.
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<p>You'd need a whole range of example and a list of who kept what in order to be more certain, I haven't read the rest of Dr Brown's book to know if he does that.</p>
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<p>Ben</p>
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