Death of a Righteous Entrepreneur; The Untimely passing of Lifsha Feldman

Please forgive me for taking such a tremendous tragedy and talking about it in such a mundane way, but the untimely passing of such a special young women as Lifsha Feldman has affected my wife and I to the core.

And since this blog is about being an entrepreneur in Israel, I believe there is a lot we can learn from this amazing woman. Being an entrepreneur is not always about running a for-profit company, being an entrepreneur is about making a real change

A lot of times entrepreneurs get started by needing something and after not being able to find it they decide to create the need themselves.

In 1998, Lifsha and her Mother Hadassah founded the school called Meshi for special needs children in Jerusalem after not being able to find a suitable school for Lifsha’s special needs child Ruchama. Wanting what every parent wants for their child, which is the absolute best, Lifsha opened the school to offer the very best care for special needs children in Israel and she succeeded beyond what anyone could imagine. The school today has 150 students including my own special needs child, Moishy.

Being the Father to a special needs child, I can tell you from first hand that things can become a bit complicated in trying to give your child the very best while still trying to raise your other children. My son has been in Gan Meshi for five years now and there is literally no words to describe the unbelievable comfort Gan Meshi has given us over the last five years and the peace of mind knowing that our son was getting the very best care possible in Israel.

Lifsha always made her self accessible to us and always with a smile and kind words. Lifsha cared about and took interest in everyone of her students and would always go beyond the call of duty for each one.

Driving home from the funeral with my wife we were talking about something that Moishy needed and the words out of my wifes mouth was “I’ll just call Lifsha and ask her…”. The shock has just started to settle in.

Lifsha has 10 beautiful children BA’H. Yet when her daughter was born as special needs instead of just placing her in a substandard program she took action and decided to create the luxury care taking that each child in Meshi receives. It would have been understandable if she just did nothing, if she just put her daughter in the best place available. She had other children to attend to and a home to run, but that wasn’t her. She would not take NO for an answer. She saw a need not just for her child, but for other children as well and she jumped at the opportunity to create a better place for special needs children in the heart of Jerusalem. And the school was run perfectly with the absolute best staff and with all the love and great care that each child deserves.

The school itself made having a special needs child a lot easier then having to do it alone. Sending our son to Meshi meant sending him to the best place we can send him, knowing his days will be filled with all types of therapy, classes and of course love.

Lifsha was passionate about her idea and made it into a thriving success.

Yes Lifsha has 10 children, but she has 150 more that are also in mourning.

Thank you Lifsha for created heaven on earth for our special needs children, you will be sorely missed.

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