The תוספתא (Shabbos 7:1) enumerates practices
that are אסור to do because they are considered דרכי אמורי.
One of them is clapping or dancing in front of a fire.
Dancing in front of a fire would be an איסור דאורייתא
of ובחקתיהם לא תלכו.
Some might claim that dancing in front of a fire on ל"ג בעומר
is an accepted מנהג בישראל, and they will argue that it can't
be wrong when you have thousands of Yidden & Rebbes
dancing around the fire.
The same argument was probably also used when there
were thousands of Yidden worshipping the עגל הזהב.
Perhaps those planning to dance in front of the fire
should consult their מורה הוראה if this איסור דאורייתא is no
longer applicable today, and why not?
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