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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:33 PM Oct 2014

Paper or plastic?



It is not unusual for people to have rituals when flying on a plane, like wearing a St Christopher chain or keeping their eyes closed until they take off.
But one passenger took his beliefs a step further by covering himself in a plastic bag for there banned from flying over cemeteries.
whole of his journey because his religion forbids him to fly over cemeteries.
This was the bizarre sight that greeted plane passengers when an Orthodox Jewish man covered himself under a plastic sheet.
It was believed the man is a Kohein, a religious descendant of the priests of ancient Israel, who a
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Paper or plastic? (Original Post) ashling Oct 2014 OP
Wearing plastic means he's not flying? How does that work? nt valerief Oct 2014 #1
Yep, that's from Chapter 3 NightWatcher Oct 2014 #2
It could also protect him from Ebola. femmocrat Oct 2014 #3
Really! They didn't have planes in biblical times. What prophet Fla Dem Oct 2014 #4
Perhaps he was just being considerate. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #5

Fla Dem

(27,767 posts)
4. Really! They didn't have planes in biblical times. What prophet
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 07:30 PM
Oct 2014

could even imagine a person in flight? I try to give the benefit of the doubt, but some things just push the limits of credulity.

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