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==Non-Binding Minhagim== | ==Non-Binding Minhagim== | ||
#A minhag that isn't concerned for any opinion or any prohibition isn't a binding minhag.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:64 writes that someone whose father had the practice not to eat gibroks all year isn't binding since it has no reason and gibroks can't be more strict than real chametz which is permitted all year besides [[Pesach]]. Furthermore, Igrot Moshe writes that it is permitted to wear clothing according to his time and place and it isn't a binding minhag to have to wear the clothing of previously generations. This is assuming that the clothing is modest. Bet Yosef 670:1 writes that the practice not to work all of [[Chanuka]] isn't binding since it isn't concerned for all halachic issue.</ref> | #A minhag that isn't concerned for any opinion or any prohibition isn't a binding minhag.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 3:64 writes that someone whose father had the practice not to eat gibroks all year isn't binding since it has no reason and gibroks can't be more strict than real chametz which is permitted all year besides [[Pesach]]. Furthermore, Igrot Moshe writes that it is permitted to wear clothing according to his time and place and it isn't a binding minhag to have to wear the clothing of previously generations. This is assuming that the clothing is modest. Bet Yosef 670:1 writes that the practice not to work all of [[Chanuka]] isn't binding since it isn't concerned for all halachic issue.</ref> | ||
# It is important that a minhag be established by rabbis.<ref>Siach Yitzchak 294 sources the practice of chasidim to eat shirayim from the rebbe in the Yerushalmi Moed Katan 2:3 and Brachot 55. He concludes that this should be a precedent for all good minhagim that they are well sourced and based on sound principles.</ref> | # It is important that a minhag be established by rabbis.<ref>Lev Avot p. 2 based on Chazon Ish OC 39:8 and Kaf Hachaim 14:14 writes that not everything anyone calls a tradition because it was observed in a community is deemed a minhag, it needs to be established and recorded by rabbis to be considered a valid minhag. Siach Yitzchak 294 sources the practice of chasidim to eat shirayim from the rebbe in the Yerushalmi Moed Katan 2:3 and Brachot 55. He concludes that this should be a precedent for all good minhagim that they are well sourced and based on sound principles.</ref> | ||
==Abrogating Minhagim== | ==Abrogating Minhagim== | ||
