Seeing Policies Everywhere 6

Tearing Q'RIAH during Chol Hamoed

Sources:
SA 547:6
Beer Hagolah 8
Rema. There
Ba'er Hetev 4
Shaarei T'shuvah 4
Mishnah Brurah 16,17

Mechabeir:
Restricts Q'riah somewhat during Chhm Based upon mishna in Elu m'galchin

Viz.
ONLY relatives over whom one must mourn, plus Hacham, Adam Kasher....

Rema:
Bnei Ashk'naz [IE "Yekkes"] only tear for parents on Chol hamoed..

MB 15 Concludes: following Rema
"Where there is no clear minhag we tear on behalf of all of them [IE the ones enumerated by the m'chabeir] because that is the "Iqqar Hadin"

Implying where there IS a clear Minhag to the contrary that Minhag DOES Override "Iqqar Hadin" - [at least in this matter and probably for all laws of Aveilut]

We cannot CHOOSE this Minhag, however. The default IS indeed "iqqar hadin". We must acquire the minhag as a bona fide b'nei Ashk'naz [or another place with this Minhag]

How that happens is a subject for a future post BEH.

KT
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