Posted on 06/06/2013 1:48:14 PM PDT by Borges
It is not unusual for people to have rituals when flying on a plane, like wearing a St Christopher chain or keeping their eyes closed until they take off.
But one passenger took his beliefs a step further by covering himself in a plastic bag for the whole of his journey because his religion forbids him to fly over cemeteries.
This was the bizarre sight that greeted plane passengers when an Orthodox Jewish man covered himself under a plastic sheet.
It was believed the man is a Kohein, a religious descendant of the priests of ancient Israel, who are banned from flying over cemeteries.
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Did they do a lot of flying in ancient Isreal?
If he’s 35 thousand feet over the air, how would he know he’s flying over a cemetery?
At that height, cemeteries must just be everywhere.
Moors....Moops....Moors
How is it that the bag prevents him from flying over a cemetery?
The Pursuit of Happiness?
For whatever reason.
A tin foil fodora should have sufficied. Romney wore tin foil magic underwear for all the good that did him. Oh wait he never wanted to get elected
Did he wind up in a cemetery?
I’m kinda interested to see the ancient text which suggest using plastic to protect yourself while flying.
My guess is he read about all the nasty stuff on airplanes and was grossed out.
Their version of a Ziploc bag?
The idea is to prevent any possible contact with a dead body, which makes a person unclean according to the Old Testament.
Although, I can’t see how anybody can be considered to be in contact with the dead from 35 thousand feet.
ha ha ha!
hilarious!
thanks for sharing this!
(wonder what JanetNapalitano would think of him? ha ha!)
ps: there are thousands of good Orthodox Jews who have not found it necessary, nor probably have they ever even thought of, doing this to themselves. But... there are many other passengers on airplanes these days (starting with most of our political class) that I’d just LOVE to see wrapped up in cellophane to protect all the rest of us from their “cooties” ! What a great idea! Everyone bring Saran warp to the next political fund-raiser you attend! ha ha
See now that was my first thought.
Does he have oxygen in there?
Couldn’t this constitute a risk to his safety in the event of a crash? How could he get to the escape slide?
I think that's the point.
Germophob IMO
No bathroom breaks for him
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