A Bar Mitzvah to be Remembered

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Chaim Noah was only a few months old when his mother began noticing something was wrong. His head had a tilt and his eyes weren't lined up properly. Chaim Noah was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. When surgery and chemotherapy failed to eradicate the tumor, doctors told the sorrowing parents their son would die

Wesley Baer, 13, recites the blessings at the Torah at his bar mitzvah at Chabad-Lubavitch of Palos Verdes. Wesley was born with Down syndrome and just completed a year of studying Hebrew, Jewish history, Jewish holidays and the religion’s traditions with Rabbi Yitzi Magalnic.

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Posted: Jan 2, 2012

Bar Mitzvah

Just because you have down does not mean you can not reach the heights of up. Hope this day will be the beginning of many more up days with G-ds hope, Mazal tvo!

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Posted: Nov 26, 2011

Wesley

What a sweet moment. All should be proud of this young man and his accomplishments.

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