How HONESTY Saved A LIFE - Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein ZTL (Mesirat Nefesh) STORY

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friend had the same blood as his sister, O positive. O positive can give to everyone but can only take O positive. So he came to the hospital. And everybody his father and mother were giving blood whatever it was. His birthday was in a week, his 18th birthday. And you're not allowed to give blood unless you're 18. So, he told his father, "Listen, uh my birthday's next week. A pint of blood, right? They're not going to know the difference. I'm just going to write that I'm 18. They don't ask you for proof. It's not a bar. I'll write I'm 18. I'm 18 in a week anyway." His father was a Yekke, very straight. Father said, "You're not giving blood." He said, "That time I you know, she might need more than and I'm O positive." He said, "You're not giving blood. Do you want to get sick to get AIDS? You're not giving blood. Are you 18?" "No." "Is the law 18?" "Yes." "You're not giving blood." He said, "I was so upset." A week later

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1. 0:31friend had the same blood as his sister, O positive. O positive can give to everyone…
2. 1:03A pint of blood, right? They're not going to know the difference. I'm just going to…
3. 1:33a week later after his sister's operation, the next following week he's in a car with…
4. 2:04terrible accident. And he's bleeding out. And the there happened to have been mazel an ambulance…
5. 2:35All right, siyum sedar, thank you Hashem. He got up. He said, "The importance of honesty.…

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