Rabbi Facilitates Bar Mitzvah Ceremony for Pilot Mid-Flight
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman discovered a pilot had never celebrated his bar mitzvah during a flight to Canada. Upon landing, Rabbi Grossman and his grandson organized a bar mitzvah ceremony for the pilot, including tefillin, on the tarmac. The event occurred during Rabbi Grossman's fundraising trip for "Migdal Or" institutions.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman organized a bar mitzvah for a pilot on a flight to Canada.
- The pilot, who was Jewish, had never celebrated his bar mitzvah before the ceremony.
- The event included a first-time tefillin-laying ceremony for the pilot.
- The ceremony took place on the tarmac after the plane landed in Canada.
- Rabbi Grossman was on a fundraising trip for "Migdal Or" institutions.
During a private flight from New York to Toronto, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, the Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek and a recipient of the Israel Prize, discovered that the pilot was Jewish but had never celebrated his bar mitzvah. The flight was part of Rabbi Grossman's fundraising tour for the "Migdal Or" educational and welfare institutions. Upon landing in Canada, a spontaneous bar mitzvah ceremony, including the donning of tefillin for the first time, was held for the pilot on the tarmac. The pilot, who identified himself as Jewish but not observant, expressed his gratitude for the meaningful event. The impromptu ceremony was organized by Rabbi Grossman and his grandson, Rabbi Dov Berish Henech, with the participation of the other passengers.