Reply To: Most Jewish Communities=No Mesora

I don’t know about that. I was always told that our (Ashkenaz) Mesora was not as strong as, say, the Teimanim. There’s a reason that period in time in Europe was called the Dark Ages. There is definitely a break in tradition between the Geonim and the Rishonim/Acharonim of Europe. I think everyone is aware of that. I think Sfardim appear more meikil on things because they didn’t need to add gdeiros. They had a clear Mesora.