[HANASHIR:15723] Re: need some help for fire victims.

[DEBORAH GINSBURG <andmg...>]

Reva,

We did a lovely healing service for Yom Kippur. If you'd like me to 
send it to you, I'll find it. Feel free to e-mail me privately if 
you'd rather.

Our prayers are with you all.

Deb Ginsburg
Congregation Beth Sholom
Anchorage, Alaska
andmg (at) uaa(dot)alaska(dot)edu

----- Original Message -----
From: SRevab (at) aol(dot)com
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:17 am
Subject: [HANASHIR:15714] need some help for fire victims. 

> Hi all. It's not often that i write in, but i need some help.  I'm 
> in the 
> middle of the biggest fire storms ever to hit southern CA. The 
> devastation here 
> in our community is beyond belief. We already have many that have 
> lost homes  
> in the jewish community as well as our own community, and they are 
> not even 
> close to being put out. Last night the evacuations continued as 
> more of my 
> friends moved out of their homes. They said that the fires in the 
> mountains are only 
> five percent contained, and with the winds and the destruction 
> from the lack 
> of water( over a million dead trees in the mountains due to the 
> beetles), it's 
> just going up like tinder. Sadly, most of these fires are arson 
> related. ( 
> one of my clients was a witness to two men throwing flares out in 
> san 
> Bernardino....) On saturday night we evacuated the synagogue, took 
> the torahs, and ran 
> as we watched hot embers raining on our roof there. 
> We would love to do a healing service this friday night for the 
> congregation. 
> Other than the Mishaberach, I don't know a ton of healing music, 
> actually, I 
> don't know any.....     Does anyone out there have any ideas for a 
> healing 
> service? i'd so much appreciate it. our spirits are so down out 
> here. 
> thanks a bunch. 
> Reva bloom
> srevab (at) aol(dot)com
> 

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