Minhag
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- A Sephardic person doesn’t have to follow the minhagim of his Rabbis who are Ashkenazic. [1]
- A minhag is binding if it involves a stringency above the actual strict law. However, generally speaking, a minhag to follow one opinion on a matter that is a dispute in the Rishonim isn't a binding minhag.[2]
Changing Minhagim
- If a person moved from one community to another and plans on staying there, he should follow the minhagim of the place he is planning on staying. [3]
- If a person changes from one community to another, he should follow their minhagim but must be honest and follow all of their minhagim. Commonly when a man from one community marries a woman from another community, the woman takes upon herself the new minhagim of the community she is moving into. If the husband is a baal teshuva or a ger and doesn't have minhagim, he may accept the minhagim of his wife.[4]
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Sources
- ↑ Sh"t Or Letzion (vol 2 pg 17-18) writes that one should follow the minhag of one’s parents and not that of one’s rabbis
- ↑ Sdei Chemed (v. 4, Maarechet Mem, Klal 37)
- ↑ S"A YD 214:2
- ↑ Rav Hershel Schachter in a shiur on yutorah.org (min 10-12)
