minhagn.

1843 Occident & Amer. Jewish Advocate May 98 In the greater part of, if not all, the German Synagogues in this country, the Portuguese manner of having the Hazan placed on the Beema, instead of before the Hechal, has been adopted... This deviation from the European Minhag is doubtless owing to the fact that it is not long since the Portuguese was the only one prevalent in America.

1885 Amer. Hebrew 19 June 82/1 The report is current that one of our metropolitan synagogues proposes to issue a new edition of the Machsor, and at once the imagination suggests one more edition to the long list of ‘Minhags’ which already forms the distinguishing feature of American Judaism.

1941 Universal Jewish Encycl. 436/1 Custom (minhag), usage handed down orally, as differentiated from a defined body of teachings like the Torah... Minhagim Books. The various compilations of Minhagim have dealt not so much with general customs as with ritual observances.

1962 D. Bridger & S. Wolk New Jewish Encycl. 322/2 The Ashkenazi and the Sephardi Jewish communities frequently have different customs (Minhagim).

1989 S. Brook Club xx. 269 As in the London Sephardi synagogues, the minhag is distinctive, with its own pronunciation and liturgy and a greater formality during the services.

1992 L. Glinert Joys of Hebrew 160 Besides the basic practices, Jews from different regions may keep up a variety of minhagim, local customs that add both color and confusion to the Jewish way of life. There is a broad difference in minhag between Sephardim..and Ashkenazim.