Is it assur to wish “Good Luck”?
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January 2, 2019 10:39 am at 10:39 am #1656096JosephParticipant
In Hashem’s world nothing is based on “luck”.
January 2, 2019 11:41 am at 11:41 am #1656201Avram in MDParticipantWhat’s the difference between luck and mazel?
January 2, 2019 12:05 pm at 12:05 pm #1656214yitzchokmParticipantLuck refers to Mazel. ( although, I agree it’s a bad translation. But that’s what it’s referring to)
Mazel is real.
Luck is real.
January 2, 2019 12:22 pm at 12:22 pm #1656224anonymous JewParticipantJoseph has too much time on his hands
January 2, 2019 12:23 pm at 12:23 pm #1656227iacisrmmaParticipantRav of my shul wishes me Hatzlachah every day when I wish him a good day as I leave shul.
January 2, 2019 1:18 pm at 1:18 pm #1656304Avi KParticipantIacisrmma, in my experience “hatzlacha” means “don’t expect any help from me”.
January 2, 2019 1:34 pm at 1:34 pm #1656316casperParticipantI don’t see a problem with it, but I guess there are different phrases you can use if you want.
January 2, 2019 2:19 pm at 2:19 pm #1656338iacisrmmaParticipantSorry Avi K. but that is not the way my Rav works.
January 2, 2019 2:20 pm at 2:20 pm #1656334JosephParticipant“Mazal Tov” is used very differently than the common expression of “Good Luck”.
January 2, 2019 2:45 pm at 2:45 pm #1656368yitzchokmParticipantI think we can all agree that it’s a bad translation. But unless you can come up with a easier way of saying Mazel Tov in English, I’ll stick with good luck
January 2, 2019 3:02 pm at 3:02 pm #1656377TryingToStayCalmBlockedDon’t say good luck. Why miss out on a chance to refer to Hashem and give a real bracha. Say, May Hashem make you successful.
January 2, 2019 3:07 pm at 3:07 pm #1656385Reb EliezerParticipantאין מזל לישראל but tefila and maasim tovim help, so good luck means we should be worthy that Hashem override the mazel.
January 2, 2019 3:51 pm at 3:51 pm #1656414Reb EliezerParticipantI was unclear above. The reason that there is no mazel because we can ask Hashem to override the mazel through tefIla and because of maasim tovim. See the end of Maseches Shabbos.
January 3, 2019 11:00 am at 11:00 am #1656748☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantIacisrmma, in my experience “hatzlacha” means “don’t expect any help from me”.
You’re hanging out with the wrong people.
January 4, 2019 7:28 am at 7:28 am #1657095MilhouseParticipantYitzchokm, “mazeltov” in English is not “good luck”, it’s “congratulations”, or just “mazeltov”.
But the OP is wrong. It is normal Jewish practice to wish people “mazel in brocho”, or “es zol zayn mit mazel”, etc., and nobody of any significance has ever had a problem with it.
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