Ezekiel comments on Ritual 2012: A Moment of Darkness - Less Wrong

35 Post author: Raemon 28 December 2012 09:09AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 December 2012 06:38:12PM 0 points [-]

I thought there was a rule about not breaking tradition, even if the tradition isn't otherwise supported. No?

Comment author: Ezekiel 25 December 2012 08:04:24PM 0 points [-]

The line that people tend to quote there is "מנהג ישראל דין הוא" (the custom of Israel is law), but most people have never looked up its formal definition. Its actual halachic bearing is much too narrow to justify (for example) making kids sing Shabbat meal songs.