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"not bad" as a response to "how are you"
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mimivan




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Oct 13 2007, 8:05 pm
I actually feel a bit sad when people say "not bad." I think "What's going on?"
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Oct 14 2007, 4:47 pm
Ribbie Danzinger wrote:
I learnt that it was the Ba'al Shem Tov, who initiated the Baruch Hashem reply in order to arouse people to remember Hashem in their day-to-day lives.


See Yisro 18:10 where it looks like Yisro was the first to use it.
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Ribbie Danzinger




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Oct 14 2007, 4:56 pm
My intention was that the Besht was the one who initiated habitually using it as a response to "How are you etc."
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chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Oct 14 2007, 5:07 pm
mimivan wrote:
I actually feel a bit sad when people say "not bad." I think "What's going on?"


A lot of people "only fix things when they're broke". So to speak.
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