0693 - Not Using Negative Terms - R' Sholom Blank

00:01 We know how careful the Rebbe was not to use any negative term. The Moshel, when he would say Misi, would say not death, but hepechachaim, the opposite of life. When he wanted to say bad, he wouldn't say bad. He would say the word again, opposite of good, things like that. He was very careful not to use a negative word to the extreme. So b'kesher to that, I want to mention that Sholom Blanco, who lives in Miami, told me that once when he was taking Koshel Broche, he stuck out his left hand because he was a lefty. So Rabbi Simpson was standing there. Rabbi Simpson told him to change hands, to take it with the right hand. So the Rebbe told him, to Rabbi Simpson, ertut on film of the recht a hand, that he puts on film on the right hand. Instead of the Rebbe saying that he's a lefty, which would be the reason why the Rebbe said he's able to take it with his left hand, but the Rebbe said, as in tut on film, he puts on film on his right hand. So he brought out a positive thing. He said it in a positive word, that he puts on film on the right hand. But meilitz understood that he's a lefty, but the Rebbe wouldn't use the word lefty. So this is another example of where the Rebbe was very careful not to say any negative term.