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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



8 Oct 2010

Her deeds were pleasant

According to a view in Bereshit Rabbah Naama (the sister of Tubal-Cain) was Noah’s wife.
“And why did they call her Naamah? Because her deeds were lovely and pleasant.”

This past June a terrible tragedy occurred when a young girl named Naama passed away in Lawrence. Today I read an article in the fivetownsjewishtimes about a website (http://www.remembernaama.org/) that was launched in her memory.
Projects have been set up as a zechut for the young girl and I was amazed how quickly such an initiative had come to fruition. I have only admiration for the family members who are trying to turn something so tragic into a force for good.
The website contains links to audio recordings from her levaya and sheloshim. I listened to the words of Naama's father speaking at the funeral and I was flabbergasted. Such eloquence and such faith on the day of the levaya left me crying. The words were powerful and moving. He related a story from The Garden of Emunah about a young child who had died which he had been reading the very same day of the tragedy.
A number of months ago, I bumped into someone whose sister had lost a child. He said she had gone to psychologists, spoken to friend sand family but nothing helped her come to terms with her son's death. She was given a copy of The Garden of Emunah and the same story that was told at the levaya by Naama's father had helped her immeasurably.
Get some tissues and click here to listen to the speech. It is unbelievable. May the family know no more sorrow and may we do positive actions in the zechut of Naama.

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