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as Religious Jews, to greet each other with secular holiday greetings?
I don't get it. The very people who murdered our people over the course of the last 2000 years are the ones who originated these secular holidays. And we greet each other with them??
We live in a secular world, and have to abide by their rules when we are out there. When we are greeted, we give greetings back. Even though we don't mammish observe their holidays we greet them back not out of respect but out of kindness - we don't want to embarrass them and bring discredit upon ourselves.
...but we DON'T greet each other with their treifediche avodah zarah laden holiday greetings.
Over the last month, I've received countless greetings from my goyishe friends for their holidays. I can count on one hand the number of greetings I've received for OUR holidays.
See it yet? They don't respect us, they don't care if they embarrass us, they don't care if it bothers us. All they care about is that we respond to their greetings the way they want us to.
I'm appalled. We know better.
I don't get it. The very people who murdered our people over the course of the last 2000 years are the ones who originated these secular holidays. And we greet each other with them??
We live in a secular world, and have to abide by their rules when we are out there. When we are greeted, we give greetings back. Even though we don't mammish observe their holidays we greet them back not out of respect but out of kindness - we don't want to embarrass them and bring discredit upon ourselves.
...but we DON'T greet each other with their treifediche avodah zarah laden holiday greetings.
Over the last month, I've received countless greetings from my goyishe friends for their holidays. I can count on one hand the number of greetings I've received for OUR holidays.
See it yet? They don't respect us, they don't care if they embarrass us, they don't care if it bothers us. All they care about is that we respond to their greetings the way they want us to.
I'm appalled. We know better.
