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Showing posts with label Rabbi Herschel Schachter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rabbi Herschel Schachter. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Is It A Mitzvah To Disturb Everyone on a Plane, So You Can Pray?


Rabbis Shmuel Wosner and Herschel Schachter (TorahWeb.org) contend that one should not establish a minyan on a flight, a position I personally practice. (Mourners reciting Kaddish fulfill their basic obligation with a single daily recitation. If necessary, they can organize a minyan for its recital before embarking or after landing.) Others believe a minyan remains permissible when the airline allows it. Rabbi Chaim P
http://www.jpost.com/home/article.aspx?id=199745