Religion is a mental illness

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Photo: Orthodox Jewish Man Covers Himself In Plastic Bag On Plane

Why is he doing this? Don't read further. I'm telling you, you do not want to know...



We don't often see the classic Twin Peaks phrase "wrapped in plastic" taken so literally—but a Redditor posted the above photo of an Orthodox Jewish man who did just that on a recent flight. Poster "FinalSay" initially assumed the man was covering up because he was in front of women, but others pointed out that it is much more likely that the man is a "Kohen", who are holy priests (or descended from them).

Kohens are prohibited from flying over cemeteries ("A kohen initially was not supposed to approach any dead body, and if he did so he became ritually impure"), which as you can imagine, could be a major problem for travel. According to Haaretz, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, the leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community in Israel, "found a solution to this issue, ruling that wrapping oneself in thick plastic bags while the plane crossed over the cemetery is permissible."



Source: http://gothamist.com/2013/04/11/photo_orthodox_jewish_man_covers_hi.php

Comments

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Trust me, his kids aren't going to school with yours, LOL. Lots of people believe weird things. Like there's no such thing as climate change. That fluoride in water is a government conspiracy. That Obama really is a sekrit mooslim terrorist. That the United Nations is trying to form a One World Government.

Guess what? They are already driving next to you, their kids do actually sit next to yours. They may be totally wrong/clueless/whatever, but as long as they aren't doing anything harmful to you or anyone else, what's the problem?