Reply To: Time to blow some peoples minds here…

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Dont get me wrong, Im not saying we are supposed to become best buddies with them. But dont paint them as demons, at least not the ones that are our contemporaries and havent done anything wrong to us. We must realize that they are human beings, also Hashems children, and we have an obligation to help them, do Chassadim for them and be mentchen and treat them with respect. Its not our place to look down on them. We must know what we have to do as Torah Jews and we must know what we must avoid.

Many Jews view non Jews as subhumans. They literally act like they are “nobody.” How many people never say hello to the non Jewish doorman, security guard, waiter…I have seen how frum people treat non Jewish people like dirt and talk down to them. We cant be an “Ohr Lagoyim” if we act like that! We make a Chillul Hashem when we mistreat non Jews. I try to give money on the train to non Jewish collectors because that makes a Kiddush Hashem. I give a quarter or whatever. Its the thought that counts.

This morning, there was a non Jewish attendant of an elderly Jew standing in front of the shul. I gave him a warm good morning, you should have seen his face!!!! He stopped texting or whatever it was he was doing on the phone and looked at me for 2 seconds like in awe and then said good morning with a smile. Its obvious that everyone else ignored him or worse…

How do we talk to our “cleaning ladies?” Do we talk down (or scream down!) and treat them as slaves or worse? Or do we treat them as humans….?

Theres a lot to think about here. Yes to some of us this is obvious, to others its a major HUH WHAT I NEVER HEARD THAT?! moment.