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Isn't Machon Shilo treading potentially dangerous territory by promoting new minhagim\customs? PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 15 December 2008 17:38
Isn't Machon Shilo treading potentially dangerous territory by promoting new minhagim\customs?

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All of  my teachings , and those of Beth HaWaadh,  are firmly rooted in the authentic teachings of Hazal. With certain systematic exceptions, we generally follow the Halakhic rulings and methodology of Rambam and  Gra, to mention but two giants of Torah. All minhaghim began at a certain point in time. In Eretz Yisrael, there is no valid reason to follow the minhaghim of Morocco or Poland. It is not only mutar, but imperative, to develop minhagim for Am Yisrael in its homeland, and what better way than turning to the sources of our forefathers who walked these hills before us, such as the Talmud Yerushalmi?

Be patient. In 100 years, and perhaps much sooner, Selihoth Nusah Polin will be a thing of the past, having been replaced by liturgy written in EY for Jews in EY. We have only begun.

Kol Tuv,

David Bar-Hayim
Last Updated on Friday, 03 April 2009 14:17
 

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0 #1 Anon 2011-04-12 22:31
Why do you need to follow chazal? Isn't following the Torah enough? Who is included in chazal and how do we know which Rabbis should be regarded as part of chazal?
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