Hebrew National hot dogs has used the slogan, “we answer to a higher authority” since 1965. When flying, though, we all answer to the cabin crew, pilots, gate agent, airline and aviation regulatory authority. With Aerolineas Argentinas, they can be pretty strict with cabin baggage. Everything gets a tag to show it’s been inspected and certified compliant with carry on rules. So before a recent Buenos Aires to Bariloche flight on the state-owned carrier, a passenger spotted a man carrying a torah up the boarding stairs. The torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is supposed to be carried in the right hand and rests on the right shoulder. It’s tough to do that up a set of air stairs! Credit: Hannah Roberts And, answering to the authority of Aerolineas Argentinas, the torah…
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