<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><i class="">When it comes to aveilus, Sepharadim only observe Shavua shechal bo and<br class="">their three week observance is only about not making weddings. While<br class="">Ashk have real aveilus customs the whole period.<br class="">Meanwhile when it comes to selichos, Sepharadim say them the whole month,<br class="">and it's Ashkenazim who only start at shavua shechal bo.</i><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Anyone want to venture a theory as to what this says about Ashk vs Seph<br class="">hashkafic differences?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the surface it would appear that when it comes to aveilus, Ashkenazim are machmir and conversely, when it comes to selichos, Sephardim are machmir.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But as to why, I would venture to guess that as a group Sephardim are more in THIS world, whereas Ashkenazim are more into Olam haba. </div></body></html>