Chaim was born 13 years ago, a healthy child to healthy parents. Then one day, out of the blue, Chaim contracted a "virus" (funny, how when they don't know what it is, they call it a "virus"...)
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First Mazel Tove!!
This was a very touching story. With the support of the family and the environmental the inner angel comes out. Chaim seems to be a lovely angel and a teacher to all. The family has "Unconditional Love" for Chaim. Unconditional Love is blind and only sees beautiful spirit and that is most powerful and which allows Chaim to excel in everything that is humanly possible. I wish the world could have this spark of love that you share and the world would be a Peaceful and Loving place to live.
Again, Mazel Tove! G-d Blessed you with a beautiful flower.
Warm Wishes,
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As a parent of a disabled child, I agree wholeheatedly with the Rebbe's explanation of how to view disabled people. I also agree that my son has made me see things differently and has made me a much more sensitive, aware, and humble person.
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Typically insightful observations and thoughts, well expressed,and thought-provoking.
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Reading about Chaim took me back 25 (or so) years ago to a cousin's Bar Mitzva at The Selwyn Segal Hostel in Johannesburg (then I was a teenager) He was called up, he sang the Brachot all the while tears were streaming down faces around me. It was a sight of pure joy I will always remember 'cause my cousin is a deaf mute.
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Thanks for posting this. It is 3 weeks from my first son's bar mitzvah, another child with special need. This story inspired me as I begin to write my speech which is ever so challenging when you are writing about a "special child".
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The special kids who succeed have parents who carry them on their shoulders and show them the world. I saw Cher in "Mask" when it came out in 1985. My best friend and I decided that if we had kids with special needs that we'd act like it was no big deal (like Cher and her friends) and make sure they experienced every aspect of life as we knew it. We each have a child with special needs-- you treat life like a Nike commercial: you JUST DO IT like the other kids in the family and forge ahead.
I'm sending this to my friends with kids with special needs. This is AWESOME. Thank you for sharing!
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Beloved Rabbi Yossy, your nephew is blessed, especially having you as his mentor, uncle & Rabbi. I can't think of anyone better. Indeed, we are too, having you close, in Sydeham instead of Brooklyn. We must pray for the disease to die, so he might be set free and live abundantly! Please send him my love & blessings too!!
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i do believe some rabbis have decoded the lock on my tear dispersal unit in my eyes. i sometime wonder if you people are out to make a grown man cry... Happy Bar Mitzvah Chaim, every day is worth studying for.
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One of the most moving stories I ever read. The end was really unexpected, and then I really cried. G-D bless you for your nephew, your whole beautiful family, your faith and your teaching.
I have a beautiful daughter, 40, already with a family of her own, and, as you say, out of the blue, she is suffering from an immune-deficient disease, called Sjogren Syndrome... And even as she was not feeling too well, she managed to organize a beautiful party for my granddaughter's Bat Mitzva a few months ago. Love and faith can work miracles even in these days.
Thanks so much for such a beautiful and moving story. May G·d bless you all.
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When I read real life stories like this one about Chaim's Bar Mitzvah, I am compelled to remember there are those who suffer far greater than myself, and to ask G-d to forgive me for my own self pity. We all face challenges, but there are those who do so far greater than many of us can imagine. Thank you for this wonderful story about Chaim
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