Memories from the past in Rabbi Chaim Berlin Yeshiva, Brooklyn
Rav Hutner would say that there is no such thing as "Minhag HaMakom" (local custom) in America, unlike in Europe where each community had Minhagim (customs) that went back hundreds of years. So that in America one may take on new Minhagim (customs).
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