I will never forget what happened about a decade ago. I (and another unrelated person) were on a flight from Tel Aviv to Toronto. It was not a direct flight, there was a stopover in London. Due to an unusual winter storm in London, all flights were cancelled that night. This happened on a Thursday Night in late March of that year. We had no choice but to get flights out of London on Sunday mid-day. Suffice it to say, this gentleman and I did not have provisions for Shabbos. We headed to Golders Green and booked a hotel room for Friday Night until Sunday Morning. We managed to get a few items from a local grocer for Shabbos; cold cuts, tuna, some grape juice, etc… Both of us arrived to (I believe) Munk’s Shul for Mincha and Kabbolos Shabbos. We sat down (somewhat separately) and a few people came over to each of us inquiring about where we were from. Explaining to them that we were stuck here from a winter-cancelled flight, each of us received invitations (immediately) to have dinner and Shabbos Lunch by two separate families. I will always remember the true Chessed that we both experienced by these families and by the Golders Green community.
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