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How these Israelis gave the biggest gift of all

The ultra-Orthodox organization Matnat Chaim (Gift of Life) encourages religious Jews to donate their kidneys to strangers.
A surgical team prepares Adam Abernathy for surgery to receive a donated kidney as part of a five-way organ transplant swap in New York, August 1, 2012. Abernathy's partner David Ferguson donated a kidney for transplant to a stranger while at the same time someone donated a kidney to Abernathy as part of chain of kidney donations that allowed five people to receive a transplanted kidney of a two day period. The health dangers for kidney donors is believed to be low. The risk of death from the surgery is 1 i
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If anyone still had any doubt, at the beginning of the month it became clear to all that Rabbi Yeshayahu Heber's life work has been successful. On Dec. 6, the Matnat Chaim (Gift of Life) organization mediated its 250th kidney transplant, donated by a stranger out of the desire to help.

Heber founded the organization eight years ago after he suddenly became ill with kidney disease. In a moment, his life changed. He had to undergo intensive dialysis treatment three times a week, for four hours at a time. These treatments were very tiring and greatly affected his quality of life. When he finally underwent a kidney transplant, he decided to devote his life to encouraging donations and connecting donors to those in need. 

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