[Avodah] Season's Greetings

[Poppers, Michael]

In Avodah V27n178#16, R'Micha responded to me:
> We aren't judging Re'uvein, whose intent is obvious and who is just
using common coinage.
> We are judging the coinage and finding it wanting. <
As I already noted, I find "g'mar chasimah tovah" wanting, too, as wishing it after Rosh haShanah implies that the wisher doesn't consider the wishee a tzaddiq whose chasimah l'chayyim occurred on RhSh.  If the intent is l'tovah, "g'mar tov" is Tov...and to all who've been reading this back&forth, tavo aleichem b'rachah :). 

Gut Moeid/Moadim l'Simcha! and all the best from 
-- Michael Poppers via BB pager