Religious Travelers - would you travel...?
W9London
Jun 21, 10, 5:47 am
It's this time of the year again. Do you travel on fast days?
DH has not consulted his diary and booked a flight coming back to London on 17 Tammuz. We won't finish tzum till 22:21 (bad enough we start at ung-dly hour of 01:24).
On a separate thread, anyone going to Bratislava for Gerrer Rebbe audience?
Do you travel on fast days?
Only eastbound. :D
ctownflyer
Jun 21, 10, 7:29 pm
I flew to HNL on Taa'nis Esther.
Don't think I'll do that again!
damaxer91
Jun 22, 10, 3:17 am
I'm not suggesting it, but there's always the Heter of "V'Hashem Lo Bashomayim Hee"
;)
joshwex90
Jun 22, 10, 8:09 am
It's this time of the year again. Do you travel on fast days?
Sometimes you do what you gotta do.
DH has not consulted his diary and booked a flight coming back to London on 17 Tammuz. We won't finish tzum till 22:21 (bad enough we start at ung-dly hour of 01:24).
I have also flown on 17 Tammuz. Flew TLV-EWR. Don't remember why, but it wasn't that bad. Where are you flying to and from? The fast starts where you are, but once you land, if going east, does not continue. (Meaning if you land in NYC from TLV at say 16:00 where in Israel it's 23:00, then the fast is over for you.
On a separate thread, anyone going to Bratislava for Gerrer Rebbe audience?
Just curious...why Bratislava? He was from Poland
joshwex90
Jun 22, 10, 8:11 am
I'm not suggesting it, but there's always the Heter of "V'Hashem Lo Bashomayim Hee"
;)
Isn't that "Torah lo bashomayim hee"??
G-d is everywhere..you MUST know the Chabad song:
Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere.
Up up, down down, right left and all around
Here there and everywhere that's where He can be found!
I'm not suggesting it, but there's always the Heter of "V'Hashem Lo Bashomayim Hee"
;)
Does that apply to the F class menu as well? Just asking..... :D
Sof Taanis around 1730.... a lot better than 2240 in London!
I flew to HNL on Taa'nis Esther.
Don't think I'll do that again!
What type of purim did you then have in HNL?!
dhammer53
Jun 24, 10, 7:13 am
Only eastbound. :D
I've flown on a fast day. When the fast ended, I couldn't wait to eat my business class meal. :p
W9London
Jun 24, 10, 10:50 am
Just curious...why Bratislava? He was from Poland
The Kever of Chatam Sofer is in Bratislava.
joshwex90
Jun 24, 10, 2:22 pm
The Kever of Chatam Sofer is in Bratislava.
But what's his connection to Gerrer chasidim?
ctownflyer
Jul 3, 10, 10:42 pm
What type of purim did you then have in HNL?!
An excellent one, thanks to Chabad of HNL!
Sof Taanis around 1730.... a lot better than 2240 in London!
Actually, it didn't work out quite as well as I hoped. Sof Taanis was about 1800 and we took off at about 1700, which in theory was OK - the sun was just setting. But after we took off and gained altitude and flew NorthWest, erm, the sun rose again. :eek:
Wasn't too bad - waited an extra our and is was pretty dark by then. Still "quids in" wrt London timings.
I suppose I could have relied on the Chazon Ish opinion that once one leaves Australia (at ground level) it actually becomes the previous day in the Jewish calendar (due to Halachic / International Date Line issues) but that's a debateable issue, so wasn't prepared to give myself a Heter to do that!
Thumper
Jul 29, 10, 6:58 am
Does that apply to the F class menu as well? Just asking..... :D
El Al does serve meals, but no entertainment.
Some historical videos.
Flying to Aaretz is the best on fast days - makes it around a 14 hour fast.
HONcircle
Aug 2, 10, 6:57 am
I did fly during the 9 days, as I was trying to squeeze some holiday experience in the little time that I had.
But, I did not do any touring or travelling on Tisha Be'Av.