A Kidney Donor Would Give Their Heart If They Could

0:00This Torah class is brought to you by Torahanytime.com When they built the Mishkan in the Midbar, Klayasaw was asked to donate to whatever they could. The Pasek says, The Ikhulee Truma, my East College, Take from me or the nation from every person, and then the Pasek adds as she had venuli boy, whose heart motivates him to give. So what exactly does that mean? What does someone's heart have to do with giving or the nation? So the Shinyevara of explains, Look at successful people. Look at those who are driven to make it big. They desire money and success and recognition. And look how hard they work for it. They travel to the other end of the world. They sacrifice sleep, their comfort, their family. They jeopardize their health. All for something that ultimately has no inherent value, no eternal value, something that won't last forever. But because it venuli boy, because their heart drives them, because they want to be known as a wealthy person, because they want to be recognized as about Bata Shiaid, Agavir,

1:03they poured their life into it. Says the Shinyevara of, The Torah is teaching us something powerful. If that is how a person pursues something temporary, how much more so should we pursue something eternal? So the Pasek says, You want to know how to give to Hashem? Look at the person who is it venuli boy. Look at the person whose heart is on fire for something that they want. That passion, that drive, that total investment, bring that to your avoidance Hashem. But now I'd like to share with you an amazing idea from the Slalom forever. He says, the Pasek is telling us, you shall take the nation from whom may A's call A's from every person as she is venuli boy, from someone that has such a deep desire to give to Hashem, that if it was possible, it venuli boy, he would give away his heart towards the campaign. But he knows he can't give his heart,

2:03so he gives his gold and silver and his material possessions. This is the person that is so obsessed to create a Makan Fashrasa, to build a dwelling place for the Shrine, that he would give his very essence to make it happen. So Hashem says, that is the one I want you to take of the nation from. People that give sometimes have ulterior motives, but I want donations from a person who would give his heart, if he could. Not the biggest check, not the wealthiest owner, but from a person whose heart is in the Mishkan. But the truth is, he didn't have the ultimate givers, he didn't give with hearts. We go all out to help another yet. Not only with money or with food, we even sacrifice our bodies. There are people who wake up in the middle of the night that drive someone to the hospital, to help a person that is stuck on the side of the road, so on they have never met. But perhaps the most powerful modern example of the ultimate givers,

3:04of sacrificing our bodies for another yet, is an organization called Renewal. To date, over 1500 people have donated a kidney through Renewal. Think about that. People literally giving a piece of themselves to save someone they don't know and will likely never know. Donating a kidney is not simple. It requires months of testing, it is painful, it carries risk, and yet donors go through it willingly. My son-in-law, Rabbi Rumi Fischman, just donated a kidney. Every time he passed another test and was clear to continue, he was so excited, not nervous, excited. Another step closer to helping another yet. That is the advent of Levi. A kidney donor is a person who would give their heart if they got, but we only have one heart. That is who Hashem told Moisha to seek donations from. Rabbi David Arlovsky once said this personal story.

4:05He was sitting in a cabin in Jerusalem, they stopped at a red light, and they saw a young Cassidy Shaman crossing the street. In front of them, he was wearing a package of white sacks and the lone payas. The Shwind of Bogodom. The Khilani cab driver turned to Rabbi Arlovsky, and he tells him, you see that man? He hates me. Without missing a beat, Rabbi Arlovsky tells him, I don't know if he hates you or not. I can't see him to his heart, but I'll tell you one thing. If you were ever in danger, he would put his life on the line to save you, and the driver was stunned. That is it, venu Levi. Because deep down, that is the essence of a yet. We are the ultimate givers. We should be Zalchabakarov to be able to donate towards the Binyabai Shlishi, the Mehaira Binyu Amin. You just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torahanytime.com. You've just experienced another Torah class,

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