Thursday, August 20, 2009
Rabbi’s Kidney Donation Inspires Community
By Yonit Tanenbaum, chabad.orgWhen the opportunity arose for Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Ephraim Simon to potentially risk his life in the preservation of another’s, he paused. He wanted to give one of his kidneys to a suffering man; the problem was that he had to think about how he would communicate that decision to his nine children.
So in July, Simon, co-director of Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen County in Teaneck, N.J., gathered his family around him.
“As emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe,” he told them, referring to Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, “we dedicate our lives to helping other people.”
He went on to describe the terminally-ill man he had met earlier, a father of a large family just like theirs.
“By tatte giving him a new kidney, he will live, G-d willing. This is our gift to him and you are all a part of it.”
Continue article here.
Monthly Moshiach and Geulah Shiur
The monthly Moshiach and Geulah shiur by Rabbi Lesches will take place this Monday night, August 24, at K'hal Tzemach Tzedek following the 9:30 PM Maariv minyan.
Hachnosas Sefer Torah Booklet of Minhagim and Letters
Below is a link to the beautiful booklet that is being prepared in honor of the community Achdus Hachnosas Sefer Torah.The booklet contains the minhagim pertaining to a Hachnosas Sefer Torah and letters from the Rebbeim on this topic.
The complete booklet including all of the dedications will be distributed at the event.
Click here for the booklet (PDF).
Click here for the Ata Horaisa page (PDF).
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