Message-ID: <00ba01c14419$061b2d00$0800a8c0@barak.net.il>
From: "Nachum" <nachum@avichai.org.il>
To: "David Simon Bendory" <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
References: <50rp7.37704$tL2.4667431@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com>
Subject: Re: No Words to Describe
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:17:57 +0200
Status: U

Dear David,

I would like to wish you a hearty mazal tov, on the retrieval of your
siddur, and a gmar chatima tova for a wonderful year.
I have been telling your story of the siddur to people, always adding that
the loss of the siddur pales in comparison to the
loss of life.  However, in every tragedy there are stories of wonder, both
regarding people and property.  That the building
stood, and that the siddur should now be safely in your care, perhaps you
are right in saying that the siddur held the building.
Your siddur may have saved additional loss of life.

I fervently pray that neither you in the States, nor I in Israel will ever
know terror again.  I also echo your prayer for survivors,
as slim as the chances may be.

Nachum Tuchman
Tekoa, Israel

----- Original Message -----
From: David Simon Bendory <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.jewish
To: JewishGen Discussion Group <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: No Words to Describe


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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
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