{"id":4714,"date":"2018-10-31T12:43:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:45:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:45:39","slug":"its-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/its-for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s For Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4716\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4716 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-2-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"pr L2L for real 2\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-2-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-2-765x1024.jpg 765w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-2.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer Support: soothing the pain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pr-tfillin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2948\" src=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pr-tfillin-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"pr tfillin\" width=\"61\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pr-tfillin-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pr-tfillin-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pr-tfillin.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 61px) 100vw, 61px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0All he wanted was to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah with Ima\u2026. \u00a0 But his mother is a <strong>cancer patient<\/strong>. It\u2019s bad. The top doctors have given up on finding her a cure\u2026 They say it&#8217;s just a matter of days. And the boy? He didn&#8217;t want to be an orphan before his <strong>Bar Mitzvah<\/strong>! His only wish: to have his mother at his side on his Big Day. A wish so small\u2026 but so out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc94 A wish that tears the heart to pieces. A heart that can only be made whole again by someone who has within him a giant heart &#8211; big enough to encompass a young boy\u2019s pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2665 Moishy B, an Ezer Mizion volunteer is such a man whose heart beats with irrepressible, boundless chessed. Work schedules, personal errands all fell by the wayside as he devoted the day to bringing the boy to the homes of <em>gedolei Yisrael (Jewish leaders) <\/em>to get their blessing in honor of the simchah. Touching the greatness of our gedolim, being soothed by their words of compassion helped heal a heart torn asunder.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcd6 Together, they traveled to Jerusalem to daven (pray) at the Kotel and even had a tour of the Kotel Tunnels, specially produced by another Ezer Mizion volunteer, our Man of Action \u2013 Moishy H.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf81 And to top things off (after all, he\u2019s only a young boy)\u2026 a bag of gifts and perks organized by Ezer Mizion\u2019s \u00a0warm-hearted Mrs. M.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bandaged-heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4715\" src=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bandaged-heart.jpg\" alt=\"bandaged heart\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 Ezer Mizion \u00ad\u2013 we&#8217;re there when it hurts. It&#8217;s not just a slogan. It&#8217;s for real!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4717\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4717 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-1-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"pr L2L for real 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-1-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-1-1024x750.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pr-L2L-for-real-1.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancer Support: soothing the pain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<a 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