Halachah
Real minhagim have a halachic power whereas a made-up practice does not
Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
Parshah
Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman ztz”l was the son of the rav in the Belarus village of Daǔhinava. Although the family had some Chabad ties, he learned in Slabodka and developed into a Litvishe rosh yeshivah and gadol. When Rav Ruderman was elderly and infirm, visitors would sometimes play music for him. Once, when a guest
Faigy Peritzman