Today is 9/11.
22 years.
I remember walking into school, to my office, and hearing the news. We were all shaking and worried, turning on the news to get more details. It was so shocking, confusing, and terrifying. Rabbi Nemes was there and he gathered everyone and spoke to all the children. If I recall correctly Rabbi Nemes spoke about how Hashem runs the world and how our prayers can help.
I believe it was that actual day (or immediately thereafter) that we started to add 1 chapter of Tehillim as a group with all the students after lunch Birkat Hamazon - Chapter 23, "For peace and safety around the world". Slater Torah Academy has continued saying it daily ever since! 22 years straight (minus the months of the Katrina upheaval).
Today is also 25 Elul- birthday of the world, beginning of Day 1 of creation, 5784 years ago!
Bluma Rivkin wrote...
I remember do well Rabbi Nemes coming in to speak to us after the second plane hit and we realized it’s terrorism , not just a plane crash.
Rabbi Nemes said the world seems to be out of control but we must remember that there IS. A Master of the Universe WHO is running every detail and it’s not just random.
Four years later when we were evacuating after the lake came in to the city , those words came to mind. We are not just dandelions blowing in the wind. There is a MAster Plan , even if we can’t understand it