WHAT RABBONIM HAVE TO SAY ABOUT KIDNEY DONATION:

MAZEL TOV!!!

Judith Abrahams, 62 years  old,
(has children, not sure how many)
of Rechovot,
who before Pesach donated a kidney 

to a stranger  in Israel!
  Judith is doing great, Boruch  Hashem!

Here is an article she wrote about her kidney

donation, which  is on the
website Aish, titled: "Donating My Kidney" 

in which she  says,  "Giving a
stranger my kidney was one of my life's most

rewarding experiences."
The link to the article:
_http://www.aish.com/sp/so/Donating_My_Kidney.html?utm_source=mimi_aish_com&utm_\
medium=email&utm_content=Aish_com%3A+Divine+Ge
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more+%C2%A0-+May+15%2C+2011&utm_term=Donating+My+Kidney_
(http://www.aish.com/sp/so/Donating_My_Kidney.html?utm_source=mimi_aish_com&utm_\
medium=email&ut
m_content=Aish_com:+Divine+Gender?+Money+&+Manhood,+Arab+Spring+&+more+ -+Ma
y+15,+2011&utm_campaign=Aish_com:+Divine+Gender?+Money+&+Manhood,+Arab+Sprin
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If you would like to donate a kidney -

I know of people in Israel  who have
contacted and are in very desperate need

of a kidney.  I can  also you in
touch with Judith and others in Israel 

who have donated a  kidney and doing
great, Boruch Hashem!   And being a kidney 

donor myself - I can also give
you all the info you need!

Sincerely,

Chaya Lipschutz
E-mail:  KidneyMitzvah.com

Website:  _www.KidneyMitzvah.com_ 

(http://www.kidneymitzvah.com/)


WHAT RABBONIM HAVE TO SAY ABOUT KIDNEY DONATION:


"Fortunate is the lot  of all (kidney) donors

- Hashem will surely reward
them, bring good health to  them, and 

theirs to their children and their
children's children, for all  eternity"  - 

Rabbi Yisroel  Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva,
Yeshiva Torah V'daas, Brooklyn, NY
"The z'chus, the  merit ,of this mitzvah, 

of donating a kidney, will stand
by the donor,  insuring that he be blessed 

from heaven with a long life,
years of good  life , full of simchas, 

suffering from neither harm nor  loss."
- Rabbi Michel Yehuda  Lefkowitz, 

Rosh Yeshiva  Ponevezh Yeshiva, Bnei
Brak, Motetzes  Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah
WHAT DOCTORS HAVE  TO SAY ABOUT KIDNEY DONATION
"Just  think people have no problem having

only one kidney, so we have to
ask, why did  Hashem give us two kidneys?

Perhaps it is so you would have an
extra one to  donate and save a life!
- Dr. Stuart  Greenstein, Shomer Shabbos 

Kidney Transplant Surgeon,
Montefiore Medical Center,  Bronx, NY

"We  are born with approximately 4-5 times 

the kidney function that we
need, to be  healthy and stay off of dialyisis-

to not have kidney failure. So
by donating  one of your kidneys, you are still

left with with 2-3 times the
amount of kidney  function that

you need to be healthy and lead a normal
life"
- Dr. Joseph Del Pizzo. Assistant 

Professor of Urology,  Director,
Laproscopic Surgery, New York - Presbytarian Hospital

- Weill Corneil  Medical
Center, New York, NY.
“Kidney  donation is a relatively SAFE OPERATION,

and many donors will
never feel the  loss of their second kidney.

So giving up a kidney causes no
disadvantage  to your long-term health.

In fact, studies have shown, that
KIDNEY DONORS  ACTUALLY LIVE LONGER than 

the general population - because donors
come from a  pool of people in good health"
- Dr. Michael Edye, Adjunct  Associate 

Professor of surgery, Mt. Sinai
Medical Center, New York,  NY