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Wednesday, 24 September, 2008 - 12:04 pm

Deb sent you a message.

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wow, its amazing how much you guys did for everyone there.
kol hakavod to you both!
im glad to hear youre safe and well.

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Sherilyn wrote on your Wall:

"I am impressed with the hurricane relief effort and the dinners you're bringing.  Hope the logistics, etc., work out well...know people will appreciate your efforts."

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David,

I traveled to Houston yesterday with Rabbi Lazaroff.  Goldberg Towers, a home for the elderly, lost part of its roof and has some bad water damage throughout the building.  In an effort to prevent further water damage, some volunteers and I placed tarps and cinder blocks over the vent holes on the roof.  Currently, their biggest problem seems to be food.  With the lack of electricity throughout the Houston area, food is beginning to go bad.  Grocery stores have been slow to reopen.  Essentially there are about 120 elderly still in the building with little food.  I am not aware of everything, but if you would like to get in contact with Rabbi Lazaroff I have cc'd him this email.  I am sure any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Fraternally,
Doug


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Thank you for all the work you did during Hurricane Ike.  Your fellow Jews in the Rio Grande Valley applaud you and your family!

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Ziva commented on your status:

"Baruch Hashem y'all are doing well! We need you around =) Dash to the family."

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Gabriel commented on your status:

"Oy vey! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family tonight, and I'm glad to hear everyone is alright."

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Hi Chaim,

We were thinking about you here and happy to hear that everyone is ok. If there anything that we can do to help besides moral support please let us know.
I can just imagine what it is like with out the ac...
A gut voch

Zalman charytan

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2 Joyce LaRoe|May 26, 2009 I would be interested in knonwig more of the prayer life of our Lord. The Gospels give some of His prayers (The Lord’s Prayer, Gethsemane, and John Ch. 17). In my mind, I see Jesus praising, worshiping, and talking with the Father about the things on His heart, as we do. But I don’t know the Jewish context of prayer at that time. What were the traditions and customs in terms of prayer when Jesus taught in the synagogues? Were there prayer books? If so, did the common people, the disciples pray using prayer books? Is that why they asked Jesus to teach us to pray? If the Son of God deemed it of utmost importance to go apart to pray to the Father, how much more so do we need to spend time alone in prayer?