just realize that 1851 is pretty recent in Jewish history. America is a recent settlement, all these new “traditions” are really chadash. For example, some say that they, or their minhagim are “yeshivish”. What does that even mean?! I understand Sepahrdi, or Teimieni, or Yekke, or Litivishe – these are hundreds/1000+ years, but “yeshivish”? Was your great-great-grandfather getting his minhag GrA at Volozhin yeshiva?! There were 400 students there, so not very likely.
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