Halakhic Thought

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So the egal minyan at JTS does not give the first and second aliyot to a kohen and levi, respectively. However today the person to whom they gave the first aliyah was a kohen. And they went on about their usual progression, so the next person was not a levi, nor did they give the second aliyah to the same person. And I understand not giving out aliyot based on that status issue, and since it was established for the sake of peace, I wouldn't complain about a minyan that does not hold by it for the sake of peace. But once you do call a kohen for the aliyah- I do wonder what the best choice of action would have been. On the other hand, they had handed out the aliyot in advance, and I know that once you call someone, you don't replace them, even if you should have called someone else- so maybe handing out the aliyot has some of the same status. It's just an interesting thing to think about.

Comments

Re: It's Gelilah.

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C. Sounds like a good project. In fact, it sounds like something I'd love to work on. The question is, how exactly one does that sort of research besides maybe interviewing folks. The question is- who would be best to talk to- old folks who remember what they did as kids, or people who claim to have preserved minhag x as it was supposed to be done...

Re: It's Gelilah.

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Fascinating. My idea was to open the Shulhan Arukh, find the right siman, and then look at later and earlier sources. I guess I have a more formal/textual definition of minhag than you do :-)

Re: It's Gelilah.

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Well, the ideal project, in my eyes, would be to do both, compare them, and try and figure out what changed/why it changed/what was going on with the difference.

Have I mentioned that a chunk of my undergraduate work involved Jewish sociology?