i’m in brooklyn for pesach and yesterday whie walking down ocean parkway i said good shabbos to everyone i passed (like a good out of towner!)ONLY 1 PERSON ANSWERED BACK!!!! can some brooklyner please explain to me where this “minhag” is coming from????
I don’t know what to tell you. I live in Brooklyn (although not in the Ocean Parkway area) and I attempt to say “Good Shabbos/Good Yom Tov” to everyone I pass, and return all greetings given — whether they are men or women, adult or child, Jew or non-Jew.
The Wolf