{"id":6731,"date":"2023-04-19T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:31:24","slug":"saving-a-life-with-bren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/saving-a-life-with-bren\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSAVING A LIFE WITH BREN\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 50 yeshivos have joined in the battle to save a life by joining the Ezer Mizion Registry. The <em>bachurim <\/em> (students)themselves enthusiastically cooperate. Tremendous excitement is felt in the yeshiva when Ezer Mizion\u2019s staff comes. Everyone feels connected to the great merit of saving lives. At the Torah B\u2019tifartah Yeshiva, for example, the <em>bachurim <\/em>rallied to the cause in an exceptional way: They brought letters for <em>gedolei Yisrael <\/em>(religious leaders) about the virtue of saving a Jewish life, and they printed \u201c<em>chaburos<\/em>\u201d (treatises) on the topic, so as to persuade everyone to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/giving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/giving-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/giving-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/giving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/giving.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In another yeshiva, the <em>bachurim<\/em>, on their own initiative, put together orderly lists of names and went from one to the next to check that everyone indeed had joined and that no one had missed out on this <em>zechus<\/em> (merit) . It was moving to see the boys who took on this job without our asking. They thoroughly understood that this is a campaign to save lives and that everyone is obligated to have a part in it, so they rallied to the cause with all their <em>koach<\/em> (strength) .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people from Ezer Mizion encounter this feeling of an obligating privilege in each and every yeshiva. So, for example, in the yeshiva of Hagaon Hagadol Rav Naftali Kaplan <em>shlita,<\/em> Nesiv Hadaas, a bochur there said that he\u2019s a little nervous, but when they told him that he\u2019s not obligated to donate, he immediately protested: \u201cNot obligated? NOT OBLIGATED? I sure am obligated! There\u2019s an obligation to save a life and the moment I give a sample and am found to be a match \u2014 the life of this patient depends on me and I\u2019m obligated to donate to him!\u201d The <em>bachur <\/em>(student) may have been a little nervous, but he also gave a sample. After all, he\u2019s obligated\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn a little bit about the tremendous <em>zechut <\/em>there is in donating stem cells from the letter of one of the donors, an <em>avreich <\/em>(married student) from Netanya, a Sanzer chassid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Rabbi Chollak entered the holy chambers of the Sanzer Rebbe <em>shlita<\/em>, in order to propose to him the campaign of collecting samples in yeshivas, the Rebbe was very happy to hear about the important project, and he displayed great signs of affection toward Rav Chollak. He even instructed his son, the Rosh Yeshiva (head of the Yeshiva)  of Sanz, to write\u00a0 a letter and publicize a call to the <em>bachurim <\/em>to join the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A while later, one of the <em>bachurim<\/em>, who had gotten married in the interim, was found to be a match for a donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days after his donation, the recipient asked to pass on, via Ezer Mizion, an emotional letter in which he thanks the donor who saved his life. Of course, the letter was sent anonymously, since, at this stage, the donor and recipient are legally not allowed to know each other\u2019s identity. The <em>avreich<\/em>, who read the letter, sent a return letter via Ezer Mizion. In his moving letter, he expresses his thanks for the tremendous <em>zechus <\/em>he had to save a life and he explained that he doesn\u2019t deserve any \u2018thank you\u2019 for doing so. \u2018I thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu (G-d)  for giving me the privilege to do this,\u2019 he wrote. 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