Why did the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews develop different rituals and cultures?

Answer 1

distance

• Answer 2

Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews all have the same beliefs, the same Hebrew Bible, the same Torah-commands, and the same Talmud. It is only in the smallest details of Jewish law that there are some differences. These are due to the slightly different rulings of the various community rabbis over the ages.

Other contrasts, such as in pronunciation and mode of dress, are entirely unimportant and can be ascribed to the differences in the surrounding countries.

Answer 2

There was never a formal or conscious split. The two groups are simply Jews who settled in different lands. The Ashkenazim were in France, Germany, Austria, and Russia and Eastern Europe, while the Sephardim were in Spain and Mediterranean countries. Since they were separated geographically for centuries, certain differences arose in customs (though all have the same Torah and Talmud; and recent DNA samples have shown that Jews of all lands are substantially inter-related).

Answer 3

Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews all have the same beliefs, the same Hebrew Bible, the same Torah-commands, and the same Talmud. It is only in the smallest details of Jewish law that there are some differences. These are due to the slightly different rulings of the various community rabbis over the ages.Other contrasts, such as in pronunciation and mode of dress, are entirely unimportant and can be ascribed to the differences in the surrounding countries.