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Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT’L, and his life saving advice.
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Last week, Rav Chaim Kanievsky ZT’L passed away at the age of 94. A great Torah scholar, he was always known for his practical approach to complex halachic issues. This is a story of how this exact approach helped a woman make a difficult decision, that eventually saved a life.
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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