I want to introduce you to an amazing young man named Zev.
Zev is a 17 year old with special needs, he is a non-verbal autistic, who happens to be extremely intelligent.
Non-verbal is exactly as it sounds, he cannot verbalize his words. He can sing and hum, but he cannot communicate in the normal way.
When he turned 13 and became barmitzvah, his parents bought him a computer, and he learned how to type. In the beginning he needed assistance, but it turned out that he could do it mostly by himself.
One of the first things he "said" to his mother via the computer was "Mommy I love you". He had never been able to say that before.
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| Zev with his mother Leah |
His first d'var Torah was this:
Moshe Rabbeinu could not talk perfectly. In spite of his disadvantage, he was our greatest teacher.
It seems to me the lesson is clear. It is not the talking that makes a man great, it is the listening and understanding of the messages of Hashem. I think I never had the ability to know my listening was my strength because I looked only at a lonely, quiet life. Now I have hope for my future, the chance to learn Torah, to become a mentsch...
Since then, he has written many d'var Torahs via his computer.
So, does he have anything to say about Moshiach?
He typed: "It's not enough to HOPE for Moshiach, we have to LIVE for Moshiach."
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Zen!!! What an amazing Teacher you are to us!!! We love you!!! You’re such an inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a typo, you mean Zev. But he is very "zen", he's chilled and he's a Tzadik.
DeleteBaruch Hashem, Zev sounds like an amazing young man.
DeleteZev!!! ❤️
DeleteAt my work I met two people in wheelchairs. One of them constantly dribbled out of their mouth and seemed non-communicative. But they were very sharp, remembered my name, and asked great questions related to the business. The other repeated themselves but had a stock of anecdotes and again, asked really interesting questions. It was a pleasure to meet them and spend time with them.
ReplyDeleteNeshama Says: B”H thank you for bringing his message to your readers.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about the statements that Moshiach will be a person who we didn't expect and that will surprise us, and thinking how Moshe Rabeinu was speech impaired, and wondering if Moshiach will be similarly speech impaired, like a non-verbal autistic
ReplyDelete'where can we read Zev's dvar Torahs? Thank you for sharing about him.
ReplyDeleteI'll try and find out if there's any new ones available. I have a few more old ones here, I can put them up when I have time to type them up.
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