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הרב ישעיהו הבר ורחל הבר

Israel has most altruistic kidney donors in the world

Rabbi Heber made donating a kidney a mitzvah for many Israelis. Mosaic, 7.7.2023; Jewish News of Northern California, 22.6.2023;

Tamir and Raya Ashkenazi donate kidneys

Husband and Wife Donate Kidneys

Tamir and Raya Ashkenazi both donated a kidney to save lives one year apart. ynet, 14.11.2022

Rony Zigler donates a kidney

Rony Zigler Donates a Kidney

Rony donated his kidney, after working with a start-up that reuses kidney dialysis machines to recycle sewage water. Israel21c, 21.11.2022;

Jerusalem Post Non-profit organizations - Matnat Chaim is one of them

Matnat Chaim Chosen by Jerusalem Post

Matnat Chaim featured as a nonprofit that provides happiness. Jerusalem Post, 17.10.2022

Rabbi Shaul Weingort donates kidney and gets sefer tora

Kidney Donor Receives Sefer Tora

Kidney recipient Yehuda commissions a sefer tora for his donor, Rav Shaul Weingort. Jewish Press, 16.10.2022

שיא ישראלי בבי"ח הדסה: 12 השתלות בפחות משבועיים

Hadassa Hospital Sets Transplant Record

6 liver and 6 kidney transplants were performed in less than 2 weeks. Jerusalem Post, 15.8.2022

Personal Miracle of Moshe Arbel

Personal Miracle of Moshe Arbel

M.K. Moshe Arbel's decision to donate a kidney may have saved his life. ColLive, 14.7.2022

Naama Alfasy donates a kidney

Naama Alfasy donates a kidney

Jerusalem Post, 7.4.2022

Israel world leader in live kidney donations

Israel World Leader in Live Kidney Donations

matzav.com, 11.2.2022; Jerusalem Post, 23.1.2022

פרס בגין לרחל הבר וחמתנת חיים

200 Israelis Donate Kidneys in 2021

215 altruistic kidney donations by the end of 2021. Israel Hayom, 8.12.2021; HaModia, 8.12.2021

Rachel Heber: One of the Most Interesting Jews of 5782

Rachel Heber chosen as one of the most interesting Jews in 5782. jewish Press, 15.9.2021; Israel Hayom, 12.9.2021;

Idit Segal donates kidney to boy from Gaza

Idit Segal donates kidney to boy from Gaza

pressenza, 12.8.2021; People, 2.8.2021; ctpost, 28.7.2021; Midland Daily News, 28.7.2021

Sivan Rahav Meir on Rav Heber

Not Just a Kidney Revolution

Sivan Rahav Meir writes about the revolutions of Rav Heber. aish.com, 17.4.2021; The Jewish Press, 16.4.2021

1000 Kidney Donations: Israeli World Record

14.5.2021, Jslm Report; 9.4.2021, Times of Israel; 7.4.2021: HaModia, WIN; 6.4.2021: Israel21C, Cleveland Jewish News; 5.4.2021: jns, algemeiner; 4.4.2021:

Organ Transplantation during Corona

Organ Transplantation in the era of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Israel Medical Association Journal, March 2021

Moshe Lyon meets with 50 kidney donors from Jerusalem

Moshe Lion meets 50 Kidney Donors from Jerusalem

The event marks the thousandth kidney donation. The Yeshiva World, 17.3.2021

A (not so) Ordinary Hero

Shaul Behr donates a kidney to Rom. Jewish Life, February 2021

משתתפי סדנת "נפגשות" של סיון רהב-מאיר נפגשו עם רחל הבר.

Rachel Heber and Sivan Rahav Meir

"Sadnat Nifgashot" chaired by Sivan Rahac Meir, met with Rachwel Heber, chairman of Matnat Chaim. Arutz 7, 29.12.2020.

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Matnat Chaim is a registered Israeli charity operating as a non-profit organization and without any benefit. Any service provided to patients and their families, and any form of assistance given by Matnat Chaim, is provided free of charge, without request for recompense in any way. Activity is modest and frugal, with maximum savings on office expenses. The expenses for running the organization are mainly for financing advertising and publicity, in order to increase public awareness of the possibility to donate a kidney to save a life.
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