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Minhag vs. Halacha: A Father's Wisdom Revealed

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Amudim

A discussion on the relationship between community custom and religious law, and the mindset of taking responsibility beyond obligation.

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He says, "No, no, no. It's mine, it's I did nothing." We know that by us minag is stronger than halacha. Minag Israel k'din. The halacha is you can't steal money, smuggle in government, but the minag is that you go to the Rebbe for a bracha before you get on a plane. So, anybody who came to me and said they're going to Belgium, I just didn't give a bracha to. I did nothing. That's the type of thinking that was like

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  3. 1:01Arabish descent? Is he coming from there? >> actually has a very interesting background. He himself…
  4. 1:32>> to be that from my father's the family, there was enough intermarriage between the Galicianers…

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