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Mesorah vs. Minhag

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amother

Wed, Jan 20 2021, 8:00 am

I often hear people interchange the words mesorah and minhag... "We have a mesorah (tradition) to cut challah this way... We have a minhag (custom) to ..." Are these words synonyms? I don't think so, but neither do I know the difference. Anyone care to explain the difference?

PinkFridge

Wed, Jan 20 2021, 8:54 am

Essentially the same thing. Mesorah seems to imply a deeper transmission of the conduct from generation to generation.

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