This week, we unfortunately experienced a tremendous loss. Liel Dina Namdar a”h, a 15-year-old pure and innocent girl, was murdered by a drunk driver. She had been on her way back from a camp reunion at the time of the accident. Liel was a sophomore at the Torah Academy for Girls in Far Rockaway. The community is still reeling from this shock and tragic loss.
Liel was full of happiness and energy and always displayed the midah of simchas ha’chayim. Anyone who met Liel remembers her beautiful smile. Her optimism was contagious, and she always spread good vibes. She displayed a caring personality and was a true tzadekes. At her l’vayah, it was mentioned that Liel called her friends every day to remind them to daven Minchah and never missed a day of chavrusa class. She always cared about her growth and cared about the growth of others. Liel felt a strong need to help others to grow in Torah and mitzvos.
This month, we mourn the beginning of the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. Our Rabbis teach us that the sin’as chinam was brought on by the lashon ha’ra, the slander of Jews by other Jews, which ultimately caused the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
In Liel’s z’chus, let us come together in unity, and love one another, in spite of our differences. Let’s forgive and forget, drop the drama, and love everyone. We are all brothers and sisters with one Father. Let’s make Him proud enough to finally redeem us. If the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed due to baseless hatred, the only way to rebuild it is through baseless love.
May the Namdar and Cohen families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim.
List of People Who Need a R’fuah Sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Boris Baruch ben Frecha Frida
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zisel
Shimshon Shimon ben Mazal
Aharon Mordechai ben Sharon
Yaakov Yisrael Pinchas ben Tovah
Yisachar Dov ben Chayah Brachah
Tinok ben Chanah
Azriel ShemTov ben Brachah Esther
Shmuel Aryeh ben Sarah Rachel
Ronny Tzalach ben Simchah
Shmuel Aryeh ben Sarah Rachel
Moshe ben Devorah
Yehoshua ben Miriam
Yosef ben Leah
Nisan ben Yael
Efrayim Gavriel ben Esther
Chaim Yehudah HaLevi ben Sarah
Refael Meir HaLevi ben Esther
Mordechai ben Evelyn
David Chaim ben Rivkah
Moshe Leib ben Chanah Breindel
Eynav ben Tziporah
Yair ben Sarah
Moshe ben Zlata
Yishai Shimon ben Sigal
Shmuel ben Nazima
Yaakov Yisrael Pinchas ben Tovah
Nissim ben Miriam
Levi ben Malkah
Yigal ben Nina
Arthur Avraham ben Bella Berta
Ezra Refael ben Taoos Miriam
Evon bas Sally
Luna bas Rachel
Malkah bas Miriam
Tovah Yocheved bas Esther Bukas
Ruchamah Perel Malkah Leah bas Chanah Serel
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Ronit bas Rivkah
Mahnaz bas Nosrat
Sylia bas Rachel
Karen bas Rachel
Shoshanah Shurah bas Zin
Sonia bas Raya Rachel
Tinok bas Chanah Moriyah
Brachah Chanah bas Sarah
Devorah bas Esther
Batya bas Moonavar
Sarah bas Alizah
Chavah bas Bayla
Bella Berta bas Raya Rachel
Taliah Tanya bas Nina Nekadam
Raya Rachel bas Esther
Alizah Sima bas Sheina Brachah
Rivkah bas Sarah
Rachel bas Yaffah
Mehrnaz bas Malkah Molouk
Gittel Feige bas Miriam Sarah
Sally Ronit bas Taoos Miriam
Masha bas Ansha Beila
Miriam bas Ina Pesya Yocheved
Chanah Elianah bas Naomi
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