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<font size=3>At 01:17 PM 9/30/2018, R. Zalman Alpert
wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The kluiz of the GRaA in Vilna
was essentially the only place in Vilna<br>
and all of Lithuania that followed minhage HAgra to the kotzo shel
yud<br>
Chaim Grade a lost talmid of the Chazon Ish and a Vilna native
mentions<br>
this in his wonderful novels about shil life in Vilna<br><br>
Because the Jslm settlement in early 19th cen was started by
disciples<br>
of the GRAthe Rivlins,etc these minhogim becamr and remain the
standard<br>
for at least the yishuv hayoshen of Jslm and beyond that group<br><br>
And thats how we know these customs in realism rather than from
seforim<br>
The Litthuanian yrshivas did not follow these customs nor did
kohol,and<br>
certainly not the chassidim of Lithuania who after WwI played an
impt<br>
role in Jew rel life in greater lita including Vilna</blockquote><br>
My understanding is that the GRA never meant for his minhagim to be
practiced by the general public, but only by his disciples. Thus I
find it \ironic that his minhagim became widely accepted in EY and are
practiced by many there.<br><br>
Why didn't those who returned to EY practice the minhagim of EY?
For example, why didn't they go back to the 3.5 year cycle of
reading the Torah?<br><br>
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