Reply To: Stem or not?

Avirah “Right, you weren’t asking who we pasken like. You were asking who was historically correct, and by extension, who was right and wrong. Beis shamai were “right”, and we will indeed pasken like them when moshiach comes, according to the arizal. Beis hill were also right, and we pasken like them now.”

-Correct but was focusing more on minhagim not on Halacha. Obviously many times they are interconnected but they are still 2 separate entities. I mean isnt wearing a Yarmulka just a minhag as well? So im more wondering to see peoples reasons and origins for the way they do things.

“Sephardi Torahs seem to be easier to handle and store upright”

-Well they are easier to store upright because they were made in a way to read upright. It wasnt just made this way to be convenient to store and therefore they decided to read it upright since Ashkenaz style reading would be pretty inconvenient with a Sephardi Torah. From what I understand Sephardi minhag is also to put up Mezuza Vertically and not tilted like the Ashkenaz way. Werent there opinions of putting up Mezuza horizontally before Rashi?