Scenario: A man is davening shacharis on a plane. To avoid kvetching let’s say he’s davening unobtrusively in a window seat. A flight attendant comes by with the drink cart and asks what he is doing and what those things he’s wearing are. His wife in the aisle seat explains that he is praying and since he is speaking with G-d he cannot interrupt the prayers to answer. The flight attendant refuses to listen to her and demands again that he answer. He is in the middle of shemoneh esrei and does not. The flight arrives at its destination and is met with police, who escort the shocked frum family off the plane in front of everyone. Kiddush Hashem or chillul Hashem?
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