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Jerusalem, Park Canada off Route 3 near pletely broken. I walked over to him, and he introduced
Latrun and Modiin. Trees, like children, Two Shabbatot before the wedding I himself to me as one of Sara’s doctors. It
take years of nurturing to grow to adult- didn’t look as though he personally was
hood, and they can be cut down so was a guest at the Sperling home. Sara observant. This is what he told me:
quickly – either by stupid negligence or was walking without a cane, serving food
vile eco-terrorism – mostly the former. and cleaning up with her left hand. Her Sara never once complained or
right arm was reattached but she still exhibited any self-pity. We have never
A few days later the father called to couldn’t lift it. From the way she com- experienced a patient like her before.
inform me that he visited one more ported herself, you would never have She was very determined to get better
remedial yeshiva – in Bnei Brak. It was guessed that this young lady had gone and never wavered. After meeting
so bad that it made the two places we through so many operations and so someone like her, there was no way I
saw together look like Harvard and Yale. much rehabilitation. She told me that was going to miss her wedding!
He told me that after spending time in she was genuinely grateful that she was a Sara was a winner. Her attitudes pre-
the luxurious facilities of Blumenthal, his lefty and that that was the arm that was vailed over her externals. She chose hope
son wouldn’t be able to hack the spared. She also told me that there were over despair, gratitude over self-pity, and
Spartan conditions of the yeshiva in 11 doctors involved with her case. Ten of determination over laziness. I found
Haifa. He was opting for Zichron. them wanted to amputate her arm and myself reflecting on my trip north. I prayed
leg, while only one doctor pleaded with that whatever school the father chose for
Postscript his colleagues that Sara was still young his troubled son it would succeed in
Wednesday night, November 30, I attend- and had her whole life ahead of her and molding his attitudes towards those win-
ed the wedding of Sara and Yaakov it was worth taking the gamble of possi- ning values. I hoped that he would go
Kastelanitz. Their wedding date was orig- ble medical complications and rejection from being an emotionally unstable teen
inally set for March 9. Two weeks before of the limbs to try to save them. The lone to a proud young man laden with hope,
that, Sara (nee Sperling) was on her way doctor won out. gratitude, and determination.◆
to Bnei Brak with her sister when the Sam Finkel is the author of Rebels in
crane of a parked truck ripped through Now, at the wedding, we were dancing the Holy Land: Mazkeret Batya- An Early
the bus they were on and killed six peo- in a hall in Binyanei Ha’uma, and among Battleground for the Soul of Israel, a
ple. Sara’s right arm was literally hanging all the black suits, I noticed a man in a history of Israel's unknown early
by a thread while her right leg was com- light beige suit dancing with the father of religious pioneers.
the bride. During a break in the dancing
BRANDRIGHTMARKETING
15 Walker Avenue 410-358-1997 Baltimoretherapyspot.com
Malka Schnitzer, Director of Services
Speech, Physical & Occupational Therapy
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Latrun and Modiin. Trees, like children, Two Shabbatot before the wedding I himself to me as one of Sara’s doctors. It
take years of nurturing to grow to adult- didn’t look as though he personally was
hood, and they can be cut down so was a guest at the Sperling home. Sara observant. This is what he told me:
quickly – either by stupid negligence or was walking without a cane, serving food
vile eco-terrorism – mostly the former. and cleaning up with her left hand. Her Sara never once complained or
right arm was reattached but she still exhibited any self-pity. We have never
A few days later the father called to couldn’t lift it. From the way she com- experienced a patient like her before.
inform me that he visited one more ported herself, you would never have She was very determined to get better
remedial yeshiva – in Bnei Brak. It was guessed that this young lady had gone and never wavered. After meeting
so bad that it made the two places we through so many operations and so someone like her, there was no way I
saw together look like Harvard and Yale. much rehabilitation. She told me that was going to miss her wedding!
He told me that after spending time in she was genuinely grateful that she was a Sara was a winner. Her attitudes pre-
the luxurious facilities of Blumenthal, his lefty and that that was the arm that was vailed over her externals. She chose hope
son wouldn’t be able to hack the spared. She also told me that there were over despair, gratitude over self-pity, and
Spartan conditions of the yeshiva in 11 doctors involved with her case. Ten of determination over laziness. I found
Haifa. He was opting for Zichron. them wanted to amputate her arm and myself reflecting on my trip north. I prayed
leg, while only one doctor pleaded with that whatever school the father chose for
Postscript his colleagues that Sara was still young his troubled son it would succeed in
Wednesday night, November 30, I attend- and had her whole life ahead of her and molding his attitudes towards those win-
ed the wedding of Sara and Yaakov it was worth taking the gamble of possi- ning values. I hoped that he would go
Kastelanitz. Their wedding date was orig- ble medical complications and rejection from being an emotionally unstable teen
inally set for March 9. Two weeks before of the limbs to try to save them. The lone to a proud young man laden with hope,
that, Sara (nee Sperling) was on her way doctor won out. gratitude, and determination.◆
to Bnei Brak with her sister when the Sam Finkel is the author of Rebels in
crane of a parked truck ripped through Now, at the wedding, we were dancing the Holy Land: Mazkeret Batya- An Early
the bus they were on and killed six peo- in a hall in Binyanei Ha’uma, and among Battleground for the Soul of Israel, a
ple. Sara’s right arm was literally hanging all the black suits, I noticed a man in a history of Israel's unknown early
by a thread while her right leg was com- light beige suit dancing with the father of religious pioneers.
the bride. During a break in the dancing
BRANDRIGHTMARKETING
15 Walker Avenue 410-358-1997 Baltimoretherapyspot.com
Malka Schnitzer, Director of Services
Speech, Physical & Occupational Therapy
48 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
