Re: Is that a bomb strapped to your forehead?

From: kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James Kahn)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:23:22 +0000 (UTC)

In <pan.2007.11.30.19.04.02@xxxxxxxxx> Ken Bloom <kbloom@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:03:17 +0000, James Kahn wrote:

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

Looks like the passengers were scared of him, just like the verse says.

All the people of the earth will see that you are called by the Name of
God, and they will be afraid of you ... (Devarim 28:10)

The great Rebi Eliezer said: This [verse] refers to tefillin worn on the
head. (Menachos 35b)

Great work, Ken! Shabbat shalom.
--
Jim
New York, NY
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References:
- Is that a bomb strapped to your forehead?
  - From: James Kahn
- Re: Is that a bomb strapped to your forehead?
  - From: Ken Bloom

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