Hashem Makes The Connections: Man Who Needs A Kidney Ends Up Meeting His Wife - Rabbi David Ashear

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So, Fred Betesh, 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's 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. Um 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, where 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 a kidney. They saw the average wait time for a kidney is 7 years, and lo alainu, with thousands die each year waiting to get a kidney. So, he's put on several lists, and they're praying. Praying to Hashem. Nothing was really panning out. The clock was ticking. One day his mother

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1. 0:30So, Fred Betesh, he was learning in Israel and then I think in the year 2005,…
2. 1:01They take blood tests, and the doctor says terrible news. Um it showed that his kidneys…
3. 1:32At that time, they didn't have this Renewal organization that's doing such great work. It's very…
4. 2:03attended a class in Deal. I think it was at the Park Avenue shul. And after…
5. 2:35She says, "I'll help. Which day do you want to do it? I'll make the phone…
6. 3:05elevating. That Shabbat, few days later, Fred says, "We're at our lunch table eating Shabbat lunch…
7. 3:35death. They were allowed to call on Shabbat. They called back. It turned out a kidney…
8. 4:06that. I went to the top of the list, and I got the kidney baruch Hashem…

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