How the Rebbe Helped Strengthen El-Al’s Security

Watch: In the late 1970s, the director of El Al in North America asked the Rebbe for advice regarding flight security. The Rebbe’s advice surprised him at first, but taking heed of the Rebbe’s words, he led the effort to implement them.

Rabbi Dr. Chaim Shine is a professor of law in Israel and a columnist for the Israel Hayom newspaper.

In the late 1970s he joined his uncle, David Shine, then director of El Al in North America, for an audience with the Rebbe.

Concerned with the flight security on El Al’s planes, Mr. Shine brought up the issue with the Rebbe. The Rebbe’s advice surprised him at first, but taking heed of the Rebbe’s words, he led the effort to implement them at El Al.

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