The feelings of the past couple of days and hours have been emotionally draining for all. Frustration, anger and sadness of all that has been lost, its unbelievable.
For some the basement / walk-in was a bedroom for others a family room. The loss is personal and close to one’s heart.
“its not just some furniture or even the structural damage… Rabbi its all my memories. My wedding album, my sons Bar Mitzvah pictures” cried out a Manhattan Beach resident to me today.
Shula and I, have been out every day these past couple of days visiting homes and families just to give emotional support. Many people put on teffilin giving G-d a prayer of thanks for being alive!
After seeing this devastation realizing that it could have been worse.
“At least we’re alive, our kids are fine… Its only money Rabbi, we can make it back… we did it before we can do it again” commented another resident of Manhattan Beach. “We came here with nothing and built all this, now we have some damage… we’ll rebuild”.
I want to conclude with GOOD NEWS.
OUR SHUL WILL BE OPEN FOR SHABBOS!
We have had a team of people cleaning out the shul the past 2 days. We are missing Chumashim and some siddurim (prayer books) and talleisim due to the damage (just to mention a few).
We have ourselves and the Torah’s. Many have asked that they want to stop by the Synagogue to make a prayer - this is the opportunity.
Services will be held Saturday Morning 10:30 – 12:30 (giving us daylight, due to partial electrical outage).
Please come and bring a neighbor.
It’s a VERY OPPORTUNE TIME, EVERYONE WILL BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO SHUL FOR A PRAYER.
Please don’t excuse them and assume they are not interested because they’re not into religion.
Just today someone put on Teffilin with the introduction that he doesn’t believe in G-d. I said YOU DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE TO PUT ON TEFFILIN, YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT THEM ON!!! And he did.
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