Ready
| November 10, 2015
When Sharon Shapiro was a college freshman she saw graduate student Yisroel Lacks at a Hillel event. She asked him about a program she had missed and the two of them began a conversation they didn’t want to end. They became friends and enjoyed discussions about topics like G-d Yiddishkeit psychology astronomy art music and how they saw the trajectory of their lives. Within a few months they were dating. Because they both wanted to grow religiously Sharon and Yisroel began to attend Torah classes at a nearby Young Israel and gradually became shomer Shabbos. Four years after they met they married and set up a home. This is more than a simple boy-meets-girl happy ending. Sharon who has cerebral palsy feels grateful to the ultimate Shadchan for introducing her to her husband who has no disabilities. “As someone using a wheelchair and having a speech disability I can’t imagine that I would have been set up with a person who didn’t have a disability by shadchanim ” she shares. “My husband and I consider it fortunate that we met in a social venue.” To read the rest of this story please buy this issue of Mishpacha or sign up for a weekly subscription
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