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To a GRIEVING mother | Letter #6 of 30 Letters in 30 Days

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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um we are in the mid middle of 30 letters in 30 days and uh you know we can't miss even though shab's just ended but uh it's important uh consistency the only day that we miss is Friday but we don't really miss it because we double up with a little Le mishna on L shishi we do a double letter Thursday night got a lot of comments about the the double letter Thursday night to D L Obama shalam about his miraculous interactions with the being shared on a large scale and I received this letter from a friend uh rabak con of pmic Maryland and Bone Florida a friend a personal friend a friend of soulwords and he called me up and he said he has this really special letter how did he get it uh he actually knew the people involved and it's a tragic story this happened in 1972 where a family from uh well the address on the letter says Silver Spring address on the letter says Silver Spring Maryland but uh a family in Maryland um suffered a terrible Unthinkable loss a tragic loss their the the their daughter was murdered and the mother was understandably inconsolable and and she reached out everywhere for comfort and she didn't really find any type of Solace and somebody told her she was not a laer at all somebody told her to write to the laer Abbot which she did and she

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