9:26 PM
Gil Student
The Jewish Press had a review a few weeks ago of Minhagei Lita: Customs of Lithuanian Jewry by R. Menachem Mendel Poliakoff. In the book, the author discusses the customs he observed in Lithuania in the 1930s. Here is an interesting quote from the review (link):
For instance, on page 63 of Minhagei Lita: Customs of Lithuanian Jewry, Rabbi Poliakoff writes, "No one in Lithuania wore his tzitzis hanging out as people do today - not even the Rabbonim, not even in Radin."
