Why don't people greet each other with a "Gut Shabbos" or " Shabbat Shalom " just because they don't know each other or are different from each other (in terms of religious lifestyle)?
I think if people would start doing it it could break down some barriers between different types of Jews!
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QUOTE (joshman @ Feb 23 2008, 10:42 PM) 
Why don't people greet each other with a "Gut Shabbos" or " Shabbat Shalom " just because they don't know each other or are different from each other (in terms of religious lifestyle)?
I think if people would start doing it it could break down some barriers between different types of Jews!
I think if people would start doing it it could break down some barriers between different types of Jews!
Who says they don't?
My mommy taught me not to talk to strangers....
QUOTE (joshman @ Feb 23 2008, 04:42 PM)
Why don't people greet each other with a "Gut Shabbos" or " Shabbat Shalom " just because they don't know each other or are different from each other (in terms of religious lifestyle)?
I think if people would start doing it it could break down some barriers between different types of Jews!
I think if people would start doing it it could break down some barriers between different types of Jews!
What miraculous breakthrough do you think would occur if one said "git shabbes" to their neighbors as they passed them?
QUOTE (Shuli @ Feb 24 2008, 03:17 AM)
What miraculous breakthrough do you think would occur if one said "git shabbes" to their neighbors as they passed them?
You must be from Brooklyn.
QUOTE (Shuli @ Feb 23 2008, 08:17 PM)
What miraculous breakthrough do you think would occur if one said "git shabbes" to their neighbors as they passed them?
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QUOTE (Bezalel99 @ Feb 23 2008, 09:24 PM)
I'm no't really into sailors, so it's not such an incentive for me...
QUOTE (Pinchas @ Feb 23 2008, 09:22 PM)
You must be from Brooklyn.
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QUOTE (Pinchas @ Feb 23 2008, 08:22 PM)
You must be from Brooklyn.
It's awesome wishing strangers Good Shabbos in Brooklyn. You get that quizzical look from some guy trying to figure out if he knows you from somewhere...
I do it all the time, it's tons of fun...
QUOTE (Shuli @ Feb 23 2008, 08:26 PM)
I'm no't really into sailors, so it's not such an incentive for me...
Bikers?
QUOTE (Torn @ Feb 24 2008, 03:32 AM)
It's awesome wishing strangers Good Shabbos in Brooklyn. You get that quizzical look from some guy trying to figure out if he knows you from somewhere...
I do it all the time, it's tons of fun...
I do it all the time, it's tons of fun...
I know! B"H I only has the misfortune to be in Brooklyn for Shabbos twice in my life and both times I had this contest with my brother. We would see if people said good shabbos to us and when they didn't we would say it to them and see if they respond. Almost all of them didn't even respond! And they would give us those "do I know you?" looks. One guy did answer us but it turned out he was from Queens.
It's a very big problem. But the bigger problem is that the frum citizens of Brooklyn are so lost I believe they are not even capable of understanding why it is a problem.
They said of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai that no man ever greeted him first, even idol worshippers in the market! (Berachot 17)
QUOTE (Pinchas @ Feb 24 2008, 06:45 AM)
I know! B"H I only has the misfortune to be in Brooklyn for Shabbos twice in my life and both times I had this contest with my brother. We would see if people said good shabbos to us and when they didn't we would say it to them and see if they respond. Almost all of them didn't even respond! And they would give us those "do I know you?" looks. One guy did answer us but it turned out he was from Queens.
It's a very big problem. But the bigger problem is that the frum citizens of Brooklyn are so lost I believe they are not even capable of understanding why it is a problem.
It's a very big problem. But the bigger problem is that the frum citizens of Brooklyn are so lost I believe they are not even capable of understanding why it is a problem.
Try coming to my home town and saying gut shabbos there, it might just make for an even better story.
QUOTE (Awesome! @ Feb 24 2008, 12:55 PM)
Try coming to my home town and saying gut shabbos there, it might just make for an even better story.
So I heard. My flatmate told me British people NEVER respond to strangers.
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