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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:05:57 +0200
From: Schelly Dardashti <dardasht@barak-online.net>
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To: david90@alumni.princeton.edu
Subject: Your siddur
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Dear David:
I was heartened to hear the story of your siddur.
I am looking to include some stories like this in my
next It's All Relative column for the City LIghts
weekly of the Jerusalem Post (distributed all over
Israel except Jerusalem, and also on the JP website).
Of course, I thought of it too late to save your
original post to JewishGen.
So, two questions:
1) would you give permission for me to put in the story
of your siddur and its happy conclusion?
2) could you please send me the original post to
Jewishgen?
I am sure I will have more questions as well.

While I do not want to detract from the terrible loss
of life that befell thousands, sometimes people need to
hear about rays of light amid the darkness.

Shana tovah!
Best regards,
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Tel Aviv
dardasht@barak-online.net

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Subject: No Words to Describe
From: "David Simon Bendory"
<david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:10:09 GMT
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Tens of people responded to my earlier story of my
GGM's siddur, trapped in
the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Several
encouraged me to have faith:
after surviving pogroms in Hungary, the journey to
America, and 3
generations of my family, the siddur would surely
survive this calamity as
well.

Well, it seems that the presence of my siddur saved One
Liberty Plaza, which
is not only standing but also structurally sound -- in
spite of earlier
reports of its collapse.

As to my siddur, it has been retrieved and is safely in
the hands of a
friend who will personally deliver it to me tonight in
time for Rosh
HaShannah.

Earlier, I said that I have no words to describe the
catastrophe from which
I narrowly escaped. I now have no words to describe the
miracle which has
emerged from that same catastrophe.

God willing, there are more miracles to come, in the
form of survivors who
emerge from the debris.

Shanah tovah,

David Simon Bendory
Livingston, NJ
david90@alumni.princeton.edu