You'll Never Guess Who We Saw!

As Matt and I got off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport, we made a quick bathroom stop and then headed right through passport control. As we were about to grab our bags, we walked by a young woman holding a sign. At first glance, I thought the sign had our L.A. rabbi's name on it. I made Matt go back around for a second look, thinking that I must have read the name incorrectly.

Sneakily, Matt double-checked. Sure enough, I had read it correctly. We had known that he was taking a shul trip to Israel within the next week or so, but we had no idea we were arriving on the same day. Curious, we looked at the arrival schedule and found that a plane had just landed from L.A. So we waited.

About five minutes later, we saw him walking with his family through the passport checkpoint. We hugged and chatted for a second. Since we had a wonderful friend waiting to pick us up and the rabbi and his family still had to pick up their luggage, we parted ways because we had already made plans to see them next week.

But how cool to not be in Israel more than ten minutes and see someone you know from home! What a small world!