Keren Tosfos Yom Tov Charter

[Naftuli19]

Which industry?

Driving around the Bal shem tov

[Alexsei]

Driving around the Bal shem tov

Motzei shabbos gelt masse courtesy of chatGPT...

Once upon a cold motzei Shabbos, the Baal Shem Tov decided to leave his town on a journey to an unknown location. He called upon his trusted wagon driver, Alexei, to accompany him on the trip, as well as several of his greatest talmidim.

As they set out on their journey, the Baal Shem Tov used his powers of "kefitzas haderech" to travel great distances in a matter of minutes. Alexei, being a loyal servant to the Baal Shem Tov, was accustomed to seeing his master perform this feat and simply sat back and let the wagon and horses fly through the air.

The journey, which would have taken many days or even weeks without the use of "kefitzas haderech," was completed in just a few short minutes. Despite the incredible speed at which they traveled, the journey was not without its challenges. The rough terrain made it difficult for the wagon to navigate, and at times, Alexei had to use all of his skill and strength to keep the wagon steady.

As they approached their destination, the Baal Shem Tov sensed that they were close, and the wagon began to slow down on its own. It eventually came to a stop in front of a small inn, known as a "kretchme." The Baal Shem Tov and his talmidim got out of the wagon and went inside, leaving Alexei to tend to the horses.

Inside the kretchme, the Baal Shem Tov approached the proprietor, a man named Moshke, and asked him to tell him all about what had transpired that Shabbos. Moshke, surprised by the Baal Shem Tov's interest in him, began to recount the story of how he had been struggling financially due to the bad winter weather.

Despite his struggles, Moshke never lost hope. He prayed to Hashem for a miracle, and on Friday afternoon, just as Shabbos was approaching, a  wealthy poritz arrived at the kretchme and left him a generous tip. With the money he received, Moshke was able to provide for his family and celebrate Shabbos in the proper way.

The Baal Shem Tov and his talmidim were moved by Moshke's story of trust in Hashem and his unwavering faith. They learned a valuable lesson in emuna and bitachon, and were grateful for the opportunity to be in the presence of such a wise and faithful man.

After hearing Moshke's story, the Baal Shem Tov revealed to him and his talmidim that the poritz who had helped him was no ordinary man. In fact, it was none other than Avraham Avinu, who had come down from Gan Eden disguised as a poritz in order to help Moshke in his time of need.

The talmidim were amazed by this revelation, and they praised Hashem for His kindness and generosity. They were grateful to have been present for this special moment, and they left the kretchme feeling inspired and uplifted.

After spending some time at the kretchme, the Baal Shem Tov and his talmidim were ready to continue on their journey. They thanked Moshke for his hospitality and set out once again, using their powers of "kefitzas haderech" to travel back home. Despite the briefness of their trip, they were filled with a sense of spiritual fulfillment and gratitude for the lessons they had learned along the way.

[Alexsei]

Via @chff

[Alexsei]

Via Plan It Rite

[Alexsei]

[Alexsei]

Via @chff

[Moshe123]

Seeing only raving reviews.

[YitzyS]

Maybe it's time for @chff to start a Pesach program? 

[Alexsei]

Maybe it's time for @chff to start a Pesach program? 

That's the last stop?

[chff]

to answer some of the FAQs:

This was a trip by "Keren Tosfes Yom Tov". This is an organization that promotes not talking in shul during davening. In preparation of the yahrzeit of the Tosfes Yom Tov they ran a major drive for people to undertake a קבלה not to talk in shul (even just for a day) and you entered into a raffle to go on this trip. Every shul had a gabbai (who got a ticket for his work) and based on the amount of people in every shul that signed, there were a few winners per shul.

Our company PIR handled the entire 'trip' part, flights, airports, food, hotels, buses, events etc, but I personally was only involved in the charter/airport arrangements

Why SWF? many reason, but not limited to being busy summer season, last min arrangements, would have been a challenge to get a slot & terminal space at JFK/EWR.
SWF gave me a lot of new and complex challenges, but given the nature of the airport, they were excited for this and willing to do stuff that would have been unheard by JFK/EWR, such as the preflight simcha

Why Eastern? we needed high Y config aircrafts, and a scheduled airline during peak summer season (with meltdowns every other day) is very difficult.
This also gave me many new challenges, some underforseen till it was too late and messed up, many things like this caused a major delay to depart, but BH after that everything went smoothly

Hope to be able to share a TR next week iy"h

[Alexsei]

to answer some of the FAQs:

This was a trip by "Keren Tosfes Yom Tov". This is an organization that promotes not talking in shul during davening. In preparation of the yahrzeit of the Tosfes Yom Tov they ran a major drive for people to undertake a קבלה not to talk in shul (even just for a day) and you entered into a raffle to go on this trip. Every shul had a gabbai (who got a ticket for his work) and based on the amount of people in every shul that signed, there were a few winners per shul.

Our company PIR handled the entire 'trip' part, flights, airports, food, hotels, buses, events etc, but I personally was only involved in the charter/airport arrangements

Why SWF? many reason, but not limited to being busy summer season, last min arrangements, would have been a challenge to get a slot & terminal space at JFK/EWR.
SWF gave me a lot of new and complex challenges, but given the nature of the airport, they were excited for this and willing to do stuff that would have been unheard by JFK/EWR, such as the preflight simcha

Why Eastern? we needed high Y config aircrafts, and a scheduled airline during peak summer season (with meltdowns every other day) is very difficult.
This also gave me many new challenges, some underforseen till it was too late and messed up, many things like this caused a major delay to depart, but BH after that everything went smoothly

Hope to be able to share a TR next week iy"h

Eagerly waiting for the full TR

To elaborate on the"Keren Tosfos Yom Tov"
The Tosfos Yom Tov famously instituted the מי שברך for those who don't talk during davening, hence the organization is in his name

[chff]

https://www.c-live.co.il/archives/45641

[WayBackMachine]

Keren TYT made a mm dollar worldwide campaign this spring and summer for people taking on kabbalahs to enter a drawing for this trip. Also all the gaboim arranging it in their shuls/groups got free tickets.

why was @chevron how come there was no DDF gaboim

[ad120]

to answer some of the FAQs:

This was a trip by "Keren Tosfes Yom Tov". This is an organization that promotes not talking in shul during davening. In preparation of the yahrzeit of the Tosfes Yom Tov they ran a major drive for people to undertake a קבלה not to talk in shul (even just for a day) and you entered into a raffle to go on this trip. Every shul had a gabbai (who got a ticket for his work) and based on the amount of people in every shul that signed, there were a few winners per shul.

Our company PIR handled the entire 'trip' part, flights, airports, food, hotels, buses, events etc, but I personally was only involved in the charter/airport arrangements

Why SWF? many reason, but not limited to being busy summer season, last min arrangements, would have been a challenge to get a slot & terminal space at JFK/EWR.
SWF gave me a lot of new and complex challenges, but given the nature of the airport, they were excited for this and willing to do stuff that would have been unheard by JFK/EWR, such as the preflight simcha

Why Eastern? we needed high Y config aircrafts, and a scheduled airline during peak summer season (with meltdowns every other day) is very difficult.
This also gave me many new challenges, some underforseen till it was too late and messed up, many things like this caused a major delay to depart, but BH after that everything went smoothly

Hope to be able to share a TR next week iy"h

Curious to hear about the challenges faced with SWF & 2D
Also what happened that was too late to correct?

[chff]

some published pictures

https://ahblicklive.com/post.php?u_id=RtgacgLr8CyZ4SUS157
https://ahblicklive.com/post.php?u_id=hYwoLcsWnsyPU0SiDtc
https://ahblicklive.com/post.php?u_id=3217oCJBNbBBvbHOjWz

[yoruel]

I went with the other group Main street Travel arranged.
It was amaing experience.

Getting off plane, with food.from America.
Also coffee on bus ride was amazing.

We went 12 hours on bus
Keristrer
Iyhel
Riminov
Lizensk
Then Krakow

[Joel]

why was @chevron how come there was no DDF gaboim

Since when is DDF a shul?

[chff]

https://youtu.be/cNfSyh9RR1Y?si=CkU3GBMbQQs7BsnO

[Alexsei]

some highlights

[UKinNYS]

Cool, whats the protocol to get preflight catering past TSA?
would it be feasible at EWR/JFK ?