Beach Cities, CA – A sacred mission turned into a huge headache for members of Chabad of the Beach Cities, who trekked to the hills in search of snow – and then got stuck in it.
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The synagogue members left at 4:30 a.m. for the hills east of Bakersfield to find snow they needed for a new mikvah they're building.
The group set off to stuff 300 bags with snow, in order to fill the 150-gallon tank at the bottom of the mikvah, which has to be in contact with the rest of the water in the tub.
But the weather slowed travel in the morning, and then the truck's brakes went out in the early afternoon, stalling them further.
And then, at about 5 p.m., the place closed because of the snowy conditions, making their mission uncertain.
"It's been a long day for them," said Rabbi Yossi Mintz, head of the Chabad of the Beach Cities, which runs the Jewish Community Center in Redondo Beach. "Thank goodness nobody was hurt." [dailybreeze]
Beshefer Zeeseh, Look at who your children are, and what troubles they go through for your mitzvos, and just bring Moshiach NOW!
They don’t use bags they use plastic barrels with holes drilled in the bottom as well as shovels with holes. It never rains in Nevada and that’s how they filled the mikvah there.