Anyone Think This A Teeny Bit Bizarre?

[Alex H]

http://press.mediamall.am/?type=english&id=4124

"Orthodox Jew Flies In Plane Covered In Huge Plastic Bag, Possibly To Avoid Cemetery Flyover"

"This has nothing to do with women," user "thenewyorkgod" wrote. "He is a cohen,' descendant from the high holy priests of the temple and they are not allowed to walk into or fly over a cemetery, which would render them impure."

Indeed, there seems to be some precedent for holy men (alternately known as a Kohen or Cohen) attempting to travel in plastic bags to and from Israel.

In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews of priestly descent to "hermetically seal themselves in plastic bags when flying over the Holon cemetery in order to avoid ritual impurity."

What did they do before plastic?

 

[vernon]

What did they do before plastic?

Not fly over cemeteries.

 

[vernon]

It's only seen as strange by someone outside of the framework that sees such behaviour as normal.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

http://press.mediamall.am/?type=english&id=4124

"Orthodox Jew Flies In Plane Covered In Huge Plastic Bag, Possibly To Avoid Cemetery Flyover"

"This has nothing to do with women," user "thenewyorkgod" wrote. "He is a cohen,' descendant from the high holy priests of the temple and they are not allowed to walk into or fly over a cemetery, which would render them impure."

Indeed, there seems to be some precedent for holy men (alternately known as a Kohen or Cohen) attempting to travel in plastic bags to and from Israel.

In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews of priestly descent to "hermetically seal themselves in plastic bags when flying over the Holon cemetery in order to avoid ritual impurity."

What did they do before plastic?

OCD for the religious. I suppose it helps avoid military service. In the age before plastic they probably weren't flying.

 

[gavintc]

The more you read about religious people, the more I come to the conclusion that they are nutters.

If his 'god' says don't go over cemetries, how does he justify it to himself that a plastic bag is going to help. I presume that this plastic bag allowance - means that he can eat bacon that comes out of a plastic wrapper. :-)

 

[Deleted member 23692]

What did they do before plastic?

I suppose they didn't fly.

But yes they are bizarre. Around 20 years ago, I had to spend the best part of the day with 30ish hasidic schoolboys and formed the opinion that they are 'not of this earth'. The fact that we had possible just saved their lives (long story) was totally lost on them.

 

[swee'pea99]

It's only seen as strange by someone outside of the framework that sees such behaviour as normal.

Sorry, can't agree with that.

"In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews of priestly descent to "hermetically seal themselves in plastic bags when flying over the Holon cemetery in order to avoid ritual impurity."

That is weird. It just is. Sorry.

 

[vernon]

That is weird. It just is. Sorry.

Nope.

This is weird.

Suspending your body from a helicopter by using four fish hooks in your body is weird.

The curious can click here to watch.

 

[Beebo]

What extra protection does the plastic bag offer that the hull of the plane doesnt?

 

[hoopdriver]

Nope.

This is weird.

Suspending your body from a helicopter by using four fish hooks in your body is weird.

The curious can click here to watch.

I think it would be safe to say that both of those things are weird.

 

[Arch]

[QUOTE 2419092, member: 9609"]Presumably it must say somewhere in the bible that you can only fly over a cemetery whilst in a large plastic bag! (I guess being in a large aluminium tube is just not good enough)[/quote]

Well, obviously, in Biblical times they hadn't invented aluminium yet, whereas plastic...

Oh.

Is it just the one cemetery, or all of them? I heard a story once that El Al wouldn't fly over York, because there was a massacre of Jews a few hundred years ago. No idea if that's true. It would rule out flights over large parts of Eastern Europe I guess.

We've got a Jewish burial ground in York, but it's under a car park now...

 

[redcard]

It's only seen as strange by someone outside of the framework that sees such behaviour as normal.

Most nutters don't know they're nutters.

It sounds like you agree with the OP, or am I reading that wrong?

 

[snorri]

Isn't there a risk of suffocation when encapsulated in a plastic bag?

 

[classic33]

Isn't there a risk of suffocation when encapsulated in a plastic bag?

Might even end up in a cemetery.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I suppose they didn't fly.

But yes they are bizarre. Around 20 years ago, I had to spend the best part of the day with 30ish hasidic schoolboys and formed the opinion that they are 'not of this earth'. The fact that we had possible just saved their lives (long story) was totally lost on them.

Oh go on, what was the story?