Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Although I should really be Dan lchaf zechus for the Rabbi (ahavas yisrael applies to your own kreiz too not just others ;)):

Some things given the context, can be OK, but in another setting or context can be not OK.

For example, we’ve discussed on another thread and pretty much all mutually agreed that making a song of shelo asani isha would be in bad taste and middos, although there is nothing wrong with the Brocha itself. Similarly, my own sentence above, “cvs to compare yidden to goyim,” within the context of a discussion amongst frum yidden is fine as they all know my context, and even a learned goy changing upon it would understand. However saying it to a non Jewish audience would be wrong and a chillul Hashem although there is nothing wrong with the statement itself.

My guess is that the Rabbi Sam is referring to only expressed himself as such in his own lubavitch shul but would never say such a thing in a non lubavitch shul. Also his full remarks have not been brought, but it is likely that his context (although I don’t like his example as as I said there is no such thing) was that we are lucky to have Chassidus and not a degrading message, just as my sentence above was a message emphasizing the teirkeit and neshama of a yid, and not degrading a goy, who we all know is created btzelem Elokim.