That night, a city that prides itself on playing host to Sam’s Club proved that it also hosts another club
Yet despite the heavy frum traffic, amenities servicing Orthodox Jewish visitors are limited to a single Chabad house, run by Rabbi Mendel and Mrs. Dobi Greisman. The intrepid couple are active in arranging minyanim and offering whatever they can to visiting Jews.
Last week, a plane transporting seven frum passengers left the gate at the Bentonville airport, bound for New York, when East Coast weather conditions forced a delay. As passengers on the flight waited to be cleared for takeoff, the pilot suddenly announced that the flight was canceled, and would be returning to the gate.
No one on the aircraft was excited about being forced to spend the night in Bentonville, but for the seven frum passengers, the inconvenience was compounded by the fact that this was no major airport with an abundance of kosher stands — and they hadn’t packed food for the extra night.
One of the passengers sent a WhatsApp notification to Rabbi Greisman, asking if he could help. He wasn’t home, but a few minutes later, the passenger received a message from the good rabbi’s wife, who happily set up a warm dinner — with a choice of salmon or pasta — for her hungry brethren. That night, a city that prides itself on playing host to Sam’s Club proved that it also hosts another club — one with a membership a fraction of the size, but that much deeper.
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