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At eighteen, as he stood on the threshold of his IDF induction, Lior Shafir made a quiet but profound decision. He joined Ezer Mizion\u2019s bone marrow registry, drawn by the simple yet powerful hope that one day he might save a life. Eight years later, that hope would circle back to him in ways he could never have imagined. Lior\u2019s world shifted when his beloved mother, Adva, was diagnosed with cancer. The prognosis was grim. Last Rosh Hashanah, she lay in isolation in the hospital, her husband never leaving her side. Lior and his brother Aviv refused to be far. They found a place nearby at Ezer Mizion\u2019s Oranit Cancer Patient Guest Home, a haven that allowed them to remain close. Through the appropriate precautions and distancing, they \u201csat\u201d with their parents for the yom tov meals. They could not embrace their mother, but they could still reach her\u2014with their voices, their smiles, their presence\u2014and lift her spirits in those fragile days. Then came another moment of destiny. In the midst of the Epic Fury conflict, Lior received a call from Ezer Mizion. He was a match. Somewhere, someone\u2019s life could be saved\u2014by him. The call came at a time when his mother hovered in critical condition. Still, he agreed to move forward. An appointment was set for further testing. But life, in its painful unpredictability, intervened. Just days before the appointment, Adva passed away. The process had to be paused for shiva. Grief filled the space where hope had been.<\/td><\/tr>
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Yet as soon as shiva ended, Lior returned. With quiet determination, he continued every step of the process. And on the day before his mother\u2019s shloshim, he donated his stem cells – offering life at a time when he himself was mourning loss. \u201cIt means everything to me to stand on the giving side now,\u201d Lior said. \u201cNot long ago, my family and I were the ones receiving help from Ezer Mizion when my mother was sick. Donating stem cells to save someone\u2019s life closes a circle for me. Especially because I\u2019m doing this in memory of my mother, Adva bat Ora and Kalman.\u201d Lior carries the ache of losing a parent, of losing a vibrant, loving mother far too soon. But within that loss, he has chosen to create something enduring. \u201cI know this act is bringing her joy,\u201d he said. He also reflected on the unseen chain of kindness that made his choice possible. Years earlier, the sponsorship of Renee and Susan Braginsky Donor Pool<\/strong> enabled his initial testing and entry into the registry, and Lior thanks them warmly for the privilege to give in such a special way. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible,\u201d Lior said, \u201chow so many pieces come together, how people who may never meet become partners in saving a life.\u201d And so, in the shadow of loss, Lior fulfilled a promise he made at eighteen, transforming grief into giving, and memory into life.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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