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MOBILITY-CHALLENGED
REDISCOVER THE
JOY OF SHABBOS
It all started when HaRav Shlomo already well into Shabbos. She spent
Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, became
aware of a young woman in his all of Shabbos stuck in her bedroom
Jerusalem neighborhood of
Shaare Chesed who was paralyzed with no food, no Kiddush, and not
from the waist down and who
spent her Shabbosim isolated and even her medications! It was her worst
in despair because she could not
use her motorized wheelchair. HaRav Shabbos.
Auerbach ardently believed that
Shabbos should be a time of joy for Her daughter frantically asked
everyone, and that a halachic solution
must be found to ensure that those around if there was some sort of with a mobility-friendly Shabbos
with physical challenges be included mode. Their focus and passion
in the great mitzva of oneg Shabbos. halachic solution to prevent this situa- remains helping people with mobility
challenges, young and older, to regain
HaRav Auerbach summoned a tion from ever occurring again, and their independence and dignity, and
team of leading observant engineers to partake in the joy of the Shabbos.
led by Rav Yisrael Rozen of the Zomet then found Gavriel Gozland. They
Institute and tasked them with a mis- Recently, ShabbosLift Solutions
sion. After nearly one year of research retrofitted her lift with a Shabbos sys- has expanded its service to Baltimore
and experimentation, the first and now offer their service to our
Shabbos wheelchair was born. More tem. “She doesn’t miss an opportunity community. They can be reached at
recently, under the guidance of HaRav 1-855-SHAB-LIFT or 646-543-8811. ■
Yehoshua Neuwirth, zt”l, author of the to tell us how it changed her life and
famed Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa,
Shabbos technology was expanded to her mother’s life,” says Gozland. “In
include stairlifts and wheelchair lifts.
New York-based ShabbosLift fact, she has referred three friends to
Solutions now offers the ShabbosLift,
the stairlift with the Shabbos mode. us, and we speak every erev chag to
The ShabbosLift was inspired by a wish each other chag sameach ever
phone call to Gavriel Gozland of
Riverdale, New York. A woman from since.
Long Island sought out his help after
her elderly mother, who was alone for “The ShabbosLift
Shabbos, was forced to remain in bed
for 25 hours without food because she gives people the peace
could not walk down the stairs with-
out assistance. She had a stairlift of mind to know that
which she would use during the week,
but on Shabbos, she made arrange- they or their loved one
ments to sleep downstairs. She would
always take a short nap Friday after- can stay in their own
noon after having prepared Shabbos,
and one Friday afternoon, she over- home or with their
slept. When she woke up, it was
children and grand-
children, in comfort
and safety. It enables
individuals with limit-
ed mobility to reclaim
their dignity, and it
helps families come
together for Shabbos
and Yom Tov,” says
Gozland.
What started as a
one-time chesed
quickly developed into
much more as they
discovered the extent
of the need.
ShabbosLift Solutions
has since evolved into
a full fledged boutique
provider of stairlifts,
wheelchair lifts, and
even home elevators
17080 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
REDISCOVER THE
JOY OF SHABBOS
It all started when HaRav Shlomo already well into Shabbos. She spent
Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, became
aware of a young woman in his all of Shabbos stuck in her bedroom
Jerusalem neighborhood of
Shaare Chesed who was paralyzed with no food, no Kiddush, and not
from the waist down and who
spent her Shabbosim isolated and even her medications! It was her worst
in despair because she could not
use her motorized wheelchair. HaRav Shabbos.
Auerbach ardently believed that
Shabbos should be a time of joy for Her daughter frantically asked
everyone, and that a halachic solution
must be found to ensure that those around if there was some sort of with a mobility-friendly Shabbos
with physical challenges be included mode. Their focus and passion
in the great mitzva of oneg Shabbos. halachic solution to prevent this situa- remains helping people with mobility
challenges, young and older, to regain
HaRav Auerbach summoned a tion from ever occurring again, and their independence and dignity, and
team of leading observant engineers to partake in the joy of the Shabbos.
led by Rav Yisrael Rozen of the Zomet then found Gavriel Gozland. They
Institute and tasked them with a mis- Recently, ShabbosLift Solutions
sion. After nearly one year of research retrofitted her lift with a Shabbos sys- has expanded its service to Baltimore
and experimentation, the first and now offer their service to our
Shabbos wheelchair was born. More tem. “She doesn’t miss an opportunity community. They can be reached at
recently, under the guidance of HaRav 1-855-SHAB-LIFT or 646-543-8811. ■
Yehoshua Neuwirth, zt”l, author of the to tell us how it changed her life and
famed Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchasa,
Shabbos technology was expanded to her mother’s life,” says Gozland. “In
include stairlifts and wheelchair lifts.
New York-based ShabbosLift fact, she has referred three friends to
Solutions now offers the ShabbosLift,
the stairlift with the Shabbos mode. us, and we speak every erev chag to
The ShabbosLift was inspired by a wish each other chag sameach ever
phone call to Gavriel Gozland of
Riverdale, New York. A woman from since.
Long Island sought out his help after
her elderly mother, who was alone for “The ShabbosLift
Shabbos, was forced to remain in bed
for 25 hours without food because she gives people the peace
could not walk down the stairs with-
out assistance. She had a stairlift of mind to know that
which she would use during the week,
but on Shabbos, she made arrange- they or their loved one
ments to sleep downstairs. She would
always take a short nap Friday after- can stay in their own
noon after having prepared Shabbos,
and one Friday afternoon, she over- home or with their
slept. When she woke up, it was
children and grand-
children, in comfort
and safety. It enables
individuals with limit-
ed mobility to reclaim
their dignity, and it
helps families come
together for Shabbos
and Yom Tov,” says
Gozland.
What started as a
one-time chesed
quickly developed into
much more as they
discovered the extent
of the need.
ShabbosLift Solutions
has since evolved into
a full fledged boutique
provider of stairlifts,
wheelchair lifts, and
even home elevators
17080 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
