HaLeiVi: I’m not aware of that. I thought the earliest source was in the 1700s. I don’t think even the Talmidei Ari had a celebration. It’s just weird. The Chassam Sofer was very against the celebrations becoming popular. We apply B’nei Nevi’im when we don’t know what’s going on. If we can pinpoint how the Minhag improperly started (which, as far as I know, we can’t do here) then we would try to be Mevatel it.
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