Dateline Shushan Purim (4 Mar.)

When is the Israeli airspace likely to reopen? While no one can give an exact timeline, we can draw on both June 2025 precedent and current Home Front Command procedures. Our guess is that it will be around a week from now, at the earliest -- which takes us to 22 Adar / 11 March. And whenever it does happen, the process is gradual. Based on both June 2025 precedent and current doctrine the skies will open when we see zero long-range missile launches for 24-48 hours, then it'll be another 1-3 days until the airspace fully opens, with Israeli airlines (El Al and Arkia) typically lead the reopening, followed by courier planes and then commercial airlines.

For now, we're tying tzitzit and processing orders as best we can,so that once flights resume, your order will be among the first out the door as soon as shipping becomes feasible, based on the situation here on the ground. Customers should keep in mind that when flights resume, there's invariably some bottlenecking for a few days, 'til the shipping company can find plane space for all of the accumulated grounded shipments.

We noticed the rate of orders this week has actually been quite brisk. Our assumption is that most customers are aware that delays are inevitable, however it could be for others it didn't occur to them at all that the Israeli airspace is completely shut down and they did not come across the notices which we posted on our web store (here and here and here) explaining what to expect.

During Operation Rising Lion last year, we had customers who deliberately placed an order during tough times, as a show of support for Israeli businesses.

On the other hand, we realize that some customers simply do not have the luxury of waiting, so if that applies to you, please contact us at customer.care@garsan-judaica.com, and in most cases, assuming the tzitzit have not been tied, we will arrange a refund, minus the 4% payment‑processing fee charged by our provider.