“When the owner is not a yerei Shamayim, an honest mashgiach is faced with a consistent catch-22, which leads to a negative effect on the kashrus”
Thank you, Mishpacha, for the beautiful article celebrating Simcha’le Leizerovitch and his family. The Leizerovitch family’s journey, and their attitudes and actions in raising Simcha and his integration into their community, culminating in his very “special” wedding, is an invaluable lesson to be shared with the world at large.
Both secular and Jewish society have come so far in awareness and recognition that having a family member with special needs is not something to be hidden. The concept of having a “special” child is hopefully no longer a stigma for the family. The fear that it will impact a family’s standing in the community or affect shidduchim for their other children has greatly diminished or even been eradicated.
Sharing the story of the support they received from the Pnei Menachem through his words of chizuk and brachah is critically important. Indeed, the Novominsker Rebbe, himself a parent of a child with special needs, as well as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who suggested using the term “special” almost half a century ago, and Rav Moshe Shapira, all advised that families and society should view a child who may be special in any number of ways not as a “punishment,,” but, to the contrary, ultimately as a source of brachah for their families and for Klal Yisrael.
Thank you, Mishpacha, for continuing to be the conduit for positive attitudes that can only serve to enrich our community and make us more worthy of the ultimate Redemption.
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