MUST WATCH: Autistic children have a special connection to God

<v Visitor>Cantor Joseph Malovany.</v> <strong>“Honor God with your voice.”</strong> <strong>The Talmud explains that the verse, “Honor God with your property,”</strong> <strong>means to honor God “with your throat.”</strong> <strong>If I would try, I don’t know if I could fulfill it,</strong> <strong>the audience might run away…</strong> <strong>But when you sing, more people come,</strong> <strong>and they’ll increase their donations, as well.</strong> <v Visitor>And with the Rebbe’s blessing it’s always even better.</v> <v Visitor>My wife, Baila.</v> <strong>Good tidings.</strong> <strong>Your mother’s name?</strong> <v Visitor>Sarah Etel.</v> <v Visitor>My son, Ellisar.</v> <v Visitor>He’s studying to be a doctor, at Yeshiva University.</v> <strong>Treating sick patients?</strong> <v Visitor>Treating sick patients, with God’s help.</v> <strong>In medicine there’s an approach</strong> <strong>that you establish a regime which <em>prevents</em> illness in the first place.</strong> <strong>Preventative Medicine.</strong> <v Visitor>This is a letter requesting your blessing…</v> <v Visitor>We have another son, who, unfortunately, is not well.</v> <v Visitor>He is, what they call in English, “Autistic.”</v> <strong>Autistic. How old is he now?</strong> <v Visitor>Twenty-two, almost twenty-three.</v> <v Visitor>He’s in England in a special institution,</v> <v Visitor>a Jewish institution.</v> <v Visitor>We never brought him to America… He needs a blessing, help from Above.</v> <strong>Give this to charity on his behalf.</strong> <strong>Being autistic doesn’t mean that they don’t relate to anyone –</strong> <strong>to <em>people</em> they don’t relate,</strong> <strong>but to God they relate as well as everyone else, and even more.</strong> <strong>– While they’re not busy with people, they’re busy with God.</strong> <v Visitor>It’s interesting: I once tried teaching him to say a blessing, and he said it nicely.</v> <strong>He did say it...</strong> <v Visitor>He did say it.</v> <v Visitor>His Tzitzis are very special to him.</v> <strong>Does he have a charity box in his room?</strong> <v Visitor>No.</v> <strong>You can put one in there.</strong> <strong>The facility won’t mind – charity is something everyone allows.</strong> <strong>It will benefit him, and when people visit him</strong> <strong>he’ll remind them that they must give charity.</strong> <v Visitor>We’re going to visit him, God willing.</v> <v Visitor>Thank you very much.</v> <strong>Good tidings. May it be a happy Chanukah.</strong> <v Visitor>A happy Chanukah.</v> <strong>Good tidings.</strong>