Chol Hamoed Sukkos was highly eventful for traveling Mohel, Rabbi Yossi Simon of Tzivos Hashem in the UK.
Rabbi & Mrs Avremi Greenberg Chabad Shluchim in Shanghai, China had been blessed with a baby boy who need a bris; and, in addition, an Israeli couple living in South Korea also needed a bris for their baby son.
Rabbi pops up in Korea
Chol Hamoed Sukkos was highly eventful for traveling Mohel, Rabbi Yossi Simon of Tzivos Hashem in the UK.
Rabbi & Mrs Avremi Greenberg Chabad Shluchim in Shanghai, China had been blessed with a baby boy who need a bris; and, in addition, an Israeli couple living in South Korea also needed a bris for their baby son.
11 hours flying to China; then, flying on to Korea. Could Rabbi Simon be back for last days Yom Tov? A Sukkah in China is not a problem thanks to the Chabad shluchim, but South Korea?
Early Sunday morning, Rabbi Simon set off with his Mohel kit; lulav and esrog, and a Pop-up Sukkah!
The flight out was long and hungry, but otherwise uneventful and the bris in China went as planned: Then on to Korea where the proud parents were not only able to celebrate the bris of their son, but, thanks to Rabbi Simon’s forward planning they were able to shake lulav and esrog and make a leishev ba’Sukkah.
Rabbi Simon arrived home on Wednesday just in time for Yom Tov, much to the relief of his family!
Zebra
this is a shliach. very inspirational. yasher koach
MVH
Is it appropriate to go hungry for so long on a moed? Al pi din he was absolutely entitled to eat on the plane; the only reason to abstain would be hiddur mitzvah, but I wonder what sort of hiddur this is, that diminishes so drastically from simchas hachag. It seems to me that yotzo sechoro behefsedo.
AH
MVH, who says that it detracted from R’ Simon’s Simchas Yom Tov to not eat for those 11 hours? Perhaps indeed it was the other way around – to eat on the plane, and thereby forfeit the hiddur mitzvah, would have been a greater tzaar for him?
Chosid Power
Sure shluchei mitzvah are potur min haSukah on the basis of oisek bamitzvah potur min hamitzvah. But according to the many deois that the principle applies only when they come both together and it is impossible to fulfil both…but when it is possible to do both – i.e. not eat outside a Sukah on the basis of eating later, as presently he is not doing the bris anyway – tovoi olov brocho!
A fan
You go Yossi- yet another great way of giving to the Jewish Community – as you always do!