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Kosh's Shadow
9/13/2021 5:38:09 AM
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Received on an email group (I don't use facebook, but the link is there) https://www.facebook.com/600475544/posts/10165491065890545/
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frum Jew was at Logan Airport in Boston getting ready to board United
Flight 175. He was going to LA on an important business trip and had to
make this flight. A lot depended on it. He boarded the plane, watched
the doors close, and sat down.
Suddenly he remembered that he
left his tefillin (ritual boxes with straps worn by Jewish men in
prayer) in the terminal boarding area. He politely asked the stewardess
if he could go back and retrieve his tefillin, which were sitting just a
few feet from the gate.
She told him that once the doors of
the plane closed, no one was allowed off the plane. Not about to take
this sitting down, he asked if he could speak to the pilot to obtain
special permission. Surely the pilot would understand. The pilot did not
comply. He simply restated the policy.
David was not about to
lose this precious mitzvah, or let the holy tefillin get lost like that,
so, not knowing what else to do, he started screaming at the top of his
lungs, "I am going to lose my tefillin." The crew asked him to be
quiet, but he refused to stop making a fuss — a rather loud fuss.
Finally, he was making such a ruckus and a tumult that the flight crew
told him that they would let him off the plane, simply because he was a
nuisance. In fact, even though it would only take about 90 seconds to
run out, grab his tefillin, and run back - they were not going to wait
for him.
No matter. David was not about to lose his tefillin,
even if it caused him great inconvenience or cost his business a loss.
He left the plane, never to reboard.
This flight was United #175. The second plane to reach the WTC. David's devotion to a mitzvah saved his life.
The consequences of David's actions do not end there. Originally the
terrorists wanted both towers struck simultaneously to maximize the
explosive carnage. Later it was learned that due to this whole tumult,
the takeoff was delayed, causing a space of 18 minutes between the
striking of the two towers. This delay made it possible for thousands
more people to escape alive from both buildings.
Literally thousands, if not tens of thousands, of lives were spared because one Jew would not forsake his beloved tefillin.
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vxbush
9/13/2021 6:27:47 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1: Nice.
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 6:41:27 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1: Sweet story, but the notion that someone would leave their tefillin in an airport waiting area and board the plane without them is hardly credible.
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Occasional Reader
9/13/2021 6:50:46 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:
Well... ah... source? Sorry, but this sounds like a rather "just-so story".
Anyway.
Monday! Once more unto the breach, dear friends.
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 6:52:41 AM
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In #4 Occasional Reader said: Once more unto the breach, dear friends. I thought that it was "Once more off of the beach..."
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 6:54:04 AM
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In #4 Occasional Reader said: Sorry, but this sounds like a rather "just-so story". I would bet money that it was invented by someone who wanted to counteract the "truther" tale of "Israelis celebrating as the Towers came down."
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Kosh's Shadow
9/13/2021 7:11:20 AM
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In #6 buzzsawmonkey said: the "truther" tale of "Israelis celebrating as the Towers came down." There were people in that area celebrating and handing out candies - the Palestinians. That was not covered in the MSM.
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Occasional Reader
9/13/2021 7:25:38 AM
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In #6 buzzsawmonkey said: the "truther" tale of "Israelis celebrating as the Towers came down." That some Israelis, somewhere, had inappropriate reactions to the 9/11 attacks, I have no doubt. Same for some Americans, some Canadians, some Brits, etc. etc. etc.
The specific story I recall being circulated was regarding a video of a couple of guys identified as being with an NYC-area moving company (I don't recall how they are so identified - uniforms? Moving vans?) who were laughing, etc. while watching the towers burn. If so, there's a definite "selection bias" to the story. "Israeli movers" don't exactly have the greatest reputation in NYC.
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Occasional Reader
9/13/2021 7:26:19 AM
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In #7 Kosh's Shadow said: There were people in that area celebrating and handing out candies - the Palestinians. That was not covered in the MSM.
In fairness, I saw exactly that scene, on that day, on CNN.
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JCM
9/13/2021 8:29:17 AM
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Oh, the irony....
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Kosh's Shadow
9/13/2021 8:39:49 AM
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Reply to JCM in 10: The anti-vaxxer has more right to say that than the "pro-choice" woman, because it is only his body. She is making a choice for another body not yet born.
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JCM
9/13/2021 8:44:31 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 11: I've seen the left actually saying it....
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Kosh's Shadow
9/13/2021 8:48:11 AM
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Reply to JCM in 12: I know. I find the idea that it is OK to kill an innocent baby, but not a convicted murderer, quite backwards.
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Occasional Reader
9/13/2021 9:03:46 AM
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In #11 Kosh's Shadow said: She is making a choice for another body It's just a blob of tissue!!! A blob that oppresses womyn, no less.
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JCM
9/13/2021 9:15:04 AM
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Another one, Bongino just mentioned. From 9/11 the left says Islam does not bear collective guilt for 9/11. However White Men bear collective guilt for slavery and oppression.
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 10:09:30 AM
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I'm driving the new Covid-19 Delta model! It has gasbags for the driver and front passenger seats, and its lockdown mechanism makes it the most secure car ever!
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vxbush
9/13/2021 10:13:47 AM
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In #14 Occasional Reader said: It's just a blob of tissue!!! A blob that oppresses womyn, no less. A liberal friend of mine shared this weekend (on FB) that the true Jewish position regarding babies was different from the Christian position, and then started selecting all the passages from the OT that were focused on anyone killing babies in the womb, including God himself. If folks are interested, I'll see if I can find a source for that material.
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 10:18:11 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 17: I'd be curious as to what your friend claims those positions to be.
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vxbush
9/13/2021 11:35:42 AM
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In #18 buzzsawmonkey said: I'd be curious as to what your friend claims those positions to be. Let's move this to the Frontier, as I want to copy both her comments and the post she shared.
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Kosh's Shadow
9/13/2021 2:57:36 PM
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Getting very upset at Dell. They did send me a new SSD for the system that was having trouble, with the OS preinstalled - problem is still there, and when I look at the system info, it gives the WRONG SYSTEM. Fat chance Dell update software fill find the right drivers for a laptop when it thinks it is a desktop.
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buzzsawmonkey
9/13/2021 3:09:59 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 21:
Look on the bright side; you can still order cheap medications, via the Pharma in the Dell.
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