From the Kidneys to the Heart

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi David Ashear’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

I want to tell you a story I read this week about a man from our community it's funny I saw the story on Ash calm he wrote it himself the men and I know him from when I'm young and growing up in New Jersey I I knew him when he was little anyway the story is like this the man's name he wrote his name in the article was Fred Batoche so Fred Batoche he was learning in Israel and then I think in the year 2005 and one day he starts getting headaches I think it was his third year in Israel he said he's getting headaches and they're bothering him and then it starts turning into vomiting and he isn't feeling terrible he can't learn day after day his mother's worried about him he's too sick to even get on a plane and come home his mother flies to Israel and goes to the doctor with him in Israel they take blood tests and the doctor says terrible news it showed that his kidneys were functioning at only 10% capacity his blood pressure was 175 over 115 and the toxicity in his blood with this was a shocking 13.6 when the normal level is supposed to be 1 to 1.5 he's in the hospital he went on dialysis immediately and they told him your only chance of survival is a kidney transplant there's no way there's no other way at that time they didn't have this renewal organization that's doing such great work it's very difficult to get a kidney his mother and him looked into research about getting the kidney they saw the average wait time for a kidney is 7 years and law landed with thousands die each year waiting to get a kidney so he's put on several lists and they're

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1. 0:01I want to tell you a story I read this week about a man from our…
2. 0:33learning in Israel and then I think in the year 2005 and one day he starts…
3. 1:04the doctor with him in Israel they take blood tests and the doctor says terrible news…
4. 1:36survival is a kidney transplant there's no way there's no other way at that time they…
5. 2:09praying praying - Evan nothing was really panning out the clock was ticking one day his…
6. 2:40my son who needs it if why should I mind he's very sick can anybody help…
7. 3:12for honey and it she said I L and everyone made a bit our slow clear…
8. 3:42you Frederick Batoche have just won the lottery congratulations we have a 1 out of 10…
9. 4:13for his what he needed which was like hitting they said all six numbers in the…
10. 4:45mother is still in contact with this judy judy is ready to go out on she…

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