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This is hilarious.
These Tefillins are expensive, $300 for the Adult size.
I almost certain the TSA must have questioned the teen and examined this device for an extended period before allowing it on the plane. Apparently they didn’t tell anyone on the plane what it was.
I thought this video was going to be serious, till he put on pringles cans and cereal boxes, but at the very end he talks about using an alarm clock. Duh! Brilliant!
Supposably, the cereal box could distract any muslim fanatics carrying box cutters.
RBG
Very funny! I took him seriously right up to the Pringles can!
Good point at the end too. 🙂 One should think!
Those orthodox Jews are… different. They have websites now to advise them on everything. They can’t have sex while the woman is menstruating. So there’s advice on these websites about how big the bloody spots on their underwear have to be before they’re considered “unclean”. Yikes.
I actually think that the Pringels cans WOULD arouse less suspicion.
And really, toy tefillins? There are toy tefillins? I don’t care what your religious bent is, that ranks as the crappiest toy ever.
This is why humans are doomed. We’re still a bunch of tribes fighting over resources. Tolerance, understanding, and respecting different cultures are a rarity. It’s proven everyday on this site.
Regarding the camouflage, I see enormous potential for product placement income. Pringles got a freebie here, but on a plane where all eyes will be watching, the advertising won’t be so cheap 😉
#3 RBG, that is possibly the first recorded correct usage of yesterday’s Word-of-the-Day. Three cheers!
I call Bullshit. I have never gotten Pringles on a flight.
Then the plane would be diverted because of the peanuts – what if somebody was alergic?
OMG won’t somebody think of the children ????????
God does not exist.
I would prefer snakes on my plane. This crap is just weird. But then the Catholics have plenty of similar crap all over the place as well. Trinkets to help you get from birth to death. How do the animals manage????
That was just brilliant..
What I’d like to know though is.. Do those hook up to an E-Meter?
Gotta love Jewish humor!
“Ritual circumcision with a box cutter”. Funny stuff.
There should be little or no metal in these things – the usual “detectors” (including the x-ray) may not show them. Mine (Lord knows where I put ’em 50 years ago or more) were leather and wood.
“Toy”? I’m betting that using real ones in this sort of demonstration might upset somebody. Although I didn’t know there were toy Tefellin around…
There’s a Biblical reference (can’t quote it right now) that seems to require these things, but I’d bet that the intent wasn’t literal.
The kid on the plane probably shouldn’t have “installed” them, but also probably didn’t see any reason why not to. Not too likely that the TSA folks would have noticed the things.
Gentle humor, with a point.
What freaking century is this? Hey, Mr TSA man, may I paint my face, start a bonfire on your plane and dance around it?
This is a poem I wrote about the incident based on “Oh! The Places You Will Go!” by Dr. Seuss.
http://blog.rabbijason.com/2010/01/oh-planes-gonna-blow.html
The best way would be to hide the tefillin with small furry stuffed animals, or maybe replica Star Trek Tribbles.
Everybody knows about tribbles, and everybody loves them, except people who dress like Klingons.