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Danger: Firecrackers

To the Editor:

As Purim approaches I would like to warn old and young alike about the use of firecrackers and more dangerous things as well by recounting what happened to us last year.

The day after Purim we gathered up the leftover caps and packed them in a plastic bag, which we then closed to store away for this year. We naively left the bag on the table. I sat down with my one-year-old son and he moved the bag a bit.

Suddenly we heard an explosion. Fire came out followed by white smoke, and then my son burst out with screaming and terrible crying. I jumped up and whisked him away from the smoke and toward the kitchen sink where I extinguished everything under a heavy stream of water. To my great horror his fingernails and the skin on his fingers were gone (all this from caps!). Thanks to Hashem Yisborach's chessed, through the dedicated care of a melamed who is a fabulous baal chessed, after three harrowing weeks and much suffering his hands healed completely and no scars remain.

Dear parents and children: Please keep in mind that all this happened because of simple firecrackers, and miracles cannot be counted on to take place every day.

Hoping Purim brings us true spiritual joy,

S.D.S.

Bnei Brak

 

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