By COLlive reporter
What happens when 60 Jews are stranded for 24 hours after their flight makes an unscheduled stop in Iceland?
Chabad to the rescue, of course.
After an LOT Polish Airlines flight from Poland to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Iceland due to the behavior of an unruly passenger, various passengers contacted Chabad of Iceland through family members and friends.
Rabbi Avraham and Mushky Feldman, Shluchim and Directors of Chabad of Iceland, rushed into action.
They managed to pull things together and bring plenty of kosher food to the hotel in Keflavik, which is about 45 minutes away from their Chabad Center in Reykavik.
The passengers arrived about midnight Sunday night, and will be taking off Monday at 5 pm, Rabbi Feldman told COLlive.com.
On Monday morning, Rosh Chodesh Shvat, the Shluchim made the trip again to the hotel and delighted the passengers once more when they carried a Sefer Torah. The passengers joined for a joyous musical Shacharis davening.
The Feldmans also arranged for breakfast and lunch for everyone so they could be comfortable during their stay.
Passengers were moved and grateful to the Shluchim, incredulous that they had pulled this together on such short notice.
“So many people kept telling me, ‘I love Chabad,’ ‘I can’t believe you have this kind of Kosher food in Iceland,’ and ‘Mi K’amcha yisroel!'” Rabbi Feldman told COLlive. “It was an amazing Kiddush Hashem.”
So now Moshiach must come!!
הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֘ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָרֶץ֒ …. קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה
Brings tears to my eyes! Hashem made the shikkor act out so that Klal Yisroel should have more zchuyos in achdus and unconditional ahavas Yisroel! INCREDIBLE! Bringing Moshiach closer and closer!
It’s incredible!
Let’s reimburse them and make a donation!
Disclaimer: i don’t know them personally.
No matter what the “emergency” is, Chabad Shluchim such as the magnificent Rabbi Avraham and Mushky Feldman are on call 24/7 to spring into action whenever and wherever they are needed. Who else but the Rebbe’s children would have such ahavat chesed and become the hospitality wagon and all with the warmth and style that bring nachat to the Rebbe and exemplify kiddush hashem at its best. Kol hakavod and may Hashem grant Rabbi Avraham and Mushky Feldman much hatzlacha and bracha in all areas of their life
Sarah Barth
Beit Shemesh
As one of the passengers who was inconvenienced by this flight, I thank R’ Feldman for helping us all out. The fact that he had food ready for us after midnight shows the good Chabad does.
And btw: Salmon was delicious
Words are not the right format to express the relief the Feldman family brought upon us.
The food (best salmon ever tasted) was a life saver and the friendly smile Rabbi Feldman came with, very unique.
For all the messages i received from Family, do you have food, i had 1 word answer, Chabad is on its way!!!