Re: Is that a bomb strapped to your forehead?

On Nov 29, 2:35 pm, "Dan Kimmel" <daniel.kim...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"James Kahn" <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Man on Chicago commuter train arrested for putting on tefillin--
fellow commuters thought it might be a suicide bomb.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3477136,00.html
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Two thoughts:

1.) Pretty amazing that there wasn't a single Jew on the train who knew what
they were and could have stepped in. There's a potential lawsuit here.

2.) What was this person thinking? As someone who has davened publicly in a
variety of places, including commuter trains, I have to wonder whether he
was so frum he couldn't wait where he was going to do this. Or, in the
alternative, interrupted his prayers to prevent the commotion. I believe
that, halachically, one is permitted to interrupt one's prayers (usually not
to be done) in an emergency. Being accused of being a terrorist would seem
to qualify. He could have said, "I'm a Jew and I'm saying my morning
prayers. Can this wait a moment?"

One time I was traveling at an airport and I had my Israeli Army
Tannach in my backpack. This was in the late 70's. I saw my backpack
being prepared to be loaded on the wrong plane. I walked through the
security points and took my backpack off the loading carrier. No
sooner than I put it on my back I was surrounded and detained by
airport security. An Agent for the FBI at the airport interviewed me
there alone with a local police officer and afterwards B"H they dumped
my backpack out and verified my story they let me go with no charges
filed. Unfortunately for me I missed my flight.

Rance
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