Recently, Reb Moshe Menachem Hakohen Adler, z”l, a special Yid, was niftar after 62 years of yesurim. He had been born prematurely and placed in an incubator. While incubated, there had been an electrical shortage, causing the incubator to stop working. As a result, the young child was affected for the rest of his life: He could not see at all, and his body didn’t develop properly. For his entire life, he had lived in Beis Lowenstein, a center that provides accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
He was the oldest son of Reb Aharon Adler, zt”l, a talmid chacham and outstanding yorei Shamayim from Bnei Brak. I heard from his children that when his son was harmed by the hospital due to the electrical shortage in the incubator, people advised the broken-hearted father to sue the hospital and receive compensation. The hospital was responsible for this terrible mishap and the resulting damage, and he could collect a lot of money from them.
Reb Aharon refused to do so. He explained that he would have to place the blame on the doctors and nurses at the hospital, saying that they were guilty of their son’s suffering and were responsible for what occurred. But to say that is kefirah, because he believed with emuna sheleima that the hospital crew wasn’t at fault. It was destined and decreed from Heaven, and he wouldn’t say anything that contradicted that. (Reprinted with permission from Machon Be’er Haparsha)
