Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT’L, and his life saving advice.

three years ago my father rabbi moshe wilhelm was in desperate need of a kidney transplant a match was identified and the logistics of the transplant were arranged by renewal an organization dedicated to streamlining the life-saving work of kidney transplants advocating for both donors and recipients the donor a woman from lakewood new jersey did not know who the recipient would be and was doing this completely altruistically such decisions don't come easily the family decided to seek the advice and guidance of the great torah scholar rabbi khayim kanyevsky i cannot instruct you to donate your kidney but i can tell you that there is no greater mitzvah than to do so was the rabbi's reply and on the day of the surgery he prayed for its success the rabbi's guidance and calming demeanor yet firm resolve and the importance of the task at hand were all this woman needed to go through with her selfless act of courage and donate her kidney to someone she did not even know someone's father husband grandfather friend and rabbi the procedure was a success and baruch hashem my father was infused with a new sense of vigor and energy enabling him to continue the important work the laboratory reba had tasked him with in as the chabad shliyaak to portland my family will forever be grateful