מִנְהָג, conduct, manner, usage. B. Mets. VII, 1 מִנְהַג המדינה the usage of the country. Tosef. ib. VII, 13 מ׳ הולכי שיירא the usage among members of a caravan; ib. 14 מ׳ הספנין the usage of shippers (in cases of jetsam). Y. Pes. IV, 30ᵈ top אינו מ׳ this is no religious usage (deserving recognition); מ׳ it is &c. Ḥull. 13ᵇ נכרים … אלא מ׳ אבותיהן בידיהן the gentiles outside of Palestine are not to be considered as idolaters, they only continue the usages of their ancestors. Ab. Zar. 54ᵇ עולם כמִנְהָגוֹ נוהג the world (nature) follows its laws. Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 168ᵃ, v. מַנְגָּנוֹן: a. fr.—Pl. מִנְהָגִים. Lev. R. s. 20, beg. מִנְהָגָיו its arrangements, v. מַנְגָּנוֹן.