Oral Law Assignment - Ally

“You shall not insult the deaf, or place a stumbling block before the blind.” (Leviticus 19.14)

I chose this mitzvah because my entire life I have been around people with disabilities and I believe they should be treated with the same respect as someone without disabilities. I interpret this mitzvah as one should not take advantage of a person with disabilities or mistreat someone with disabilities. I fulfill this mitzvah on a daily basis by recognizing people with special needs and figuring out a way to help them. This can be used as a guideline for myself in the modern world because I know not to discriminate or belittle disabled people.

This picture is of me and my Aunt Pam. My Aunt Pam is mentally and physically disabled. This picture is from a couple of years ago when we were hanging out and I was helping her with her reading. This mitzvah really resonates with me because I hate when people treat my Aunt Pam as if she isn’t on the same level as them. I am extremely close with my aunt and I think about her all the time. She is one of the people I look up to the most in my life because she has always continued to be positive even when life has been so horrible to her. Somehow, she admirably continues to keep an uplifting spirit.