Hello Everyone
This is the final session on the subject of “Why We Do What We Do?” And the answer to that question is, as the song from “Fiddler on the Roof” says, “tradition.” Tradition, מנהג is very important in the system of Halacha. This may seem odd, that a system of laws grant importance to custom. Laws come from some higher authority, whether Divine or, להבדיל אלפ אלפים, human. Laws are imposed. But customs originate among the people. nevertheless, the Halachic system enforces customs so that they too become laws.
I enjoyed these sessions and I hope that we all be זוכה to a peaceful summer and ביאת הגואל במהרה בימינו