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Today’s daily dose of emuna is sponsored for the refuah shleimah of Itu bat Sosa. May Hashem bless her with a complete healing b’riut hanefesh v’briut haguf amongst all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering in Klal Yisrael b’karov, b’rachamim, amen.
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When we invest excessive time and energy in material security it results many times in despair over our inability to attain that which we desire. The Alter Rebbe ztk’l in his classic work the Tanya teaches that if we were only able to deeply etch the idea of creation ex-nihilo in our minds we would certainly be pacified from anxiety and distress.
Hashem in His infinite wisdom creates everything – every moment, every action, and every circumstance out of utter nothingness. Hence where is the room for despair? The essence of emuna is that Hashem is everywhere and all that stems from Him is complete goodness. Creation is happening at every instance therefore His goodness is showered each second.
Knowing that Hashem envelops and enlivens us with His nurturing care enhances our emuna and pulls us out of any state of despondency. Hashem plans our every step and leads us with eternal love. Our emuna testifies to this truth and as a result we are gifted with happier, more wholesome lives.
Through living a life of emuna we recognize that there is only goodness from Hashem. Examining the idea that creation began with chaos and is being rectified moment by moment into eternal order, settles our chaotic surrounding and leads us to a frame of mind that all is unfolding with reason and purpose.
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This was sent by one of our readers: (please respond directly to them)
Chaim, my husband, who as you know, is suffering from ALS and needs a respirator in order to breathe, had an unbelievable experience over Pesach. My feeling is that you might want to know about what happened, so I’m sending you this.
Chaim has been terribly ill all year. He had suffered from several hospital-aquired infections, received at least 10 rounds of IV and IM antibiotics, had intense attacks of high and low blood pressure, has had many blood transfusions and has been in and out of hospitals all year. Yet, with all of the tests coming out clean, none of the doctors could pinpoint what was wrong. ALS does not make a person sick in these ways.
One of our friends did much research and footwork for us, and finally put us in touch with a professor from the Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. This man is a genius and a kind person. He called me to find out the details of all of my husband’s disturbing symptoms and difficulties over the last year. He was quiet for a few moments and then said simply, “He is being respirated improperly. He is most likely breathing almost on his own and the respirator he was issued is pumping air and excess oxygen into his system in dangerous ways, causing damage to his blood and circulatory system, digestive tracht, lungs and heart.” I was dumbfounded, as was everyone else I told, including other doctors.
We went to Haddassa Hospital, and Chaim was respirated by the professor with a different type of machine. Within hours his system began to stabilize. It turns out that Chaim has been fighting a fight for life against the respirator that was given to him. There is a new type of home respirator that detects the person’s breathing capacity every second. Until recently only hospitals could use this type of machine that tracks lung function. We discovered that Chaim is actually breathing well on his own, his lungs are perfectly healthy, he is able to breathe well without the addition of any oxygen. His lungs can’t expell enough air when he exhales, due to his ALS-weakened diaphragm (which is the muscle that pushes air out of one’s lungs). This was causing CO2 to accumulate in his lungs, which was the reason he needed to be respirated to begin with. We have learned that the machine he was issued from our health fund, was pumping extra air and extra oxygen at a set rate. This was working against Chaim’s own rate of breathe, as that machine cannot detect such sensitive vitals as when Chaim was pulling in his next breath on his own.
Within days of ordering this new home respirator for Chaim, which is a state-of-the-art, interactive computer, his hemoglobin began to rise, he had stable blood pressure and heart rate, excellent blood levels of oxygen and deeper breathing. He is now able to slightly move his head again, and is able to move his eyes easily in order to communicate with us for the first time in months! We had been speaking to Chaim non-stop all of these months as if he understood everything, even though we had almost no visible responses from him — and a good thing that we did!
He is answering us clearly now with his eye movements. Today, three weeks after beginning on the new respirator, Chaim followed the print of the entire Book of Psalms on a computer for 2 1/2 hours, while listening to a tape of Tehillim that his father had recorded 20 years ago. And this was in order to pray for his ailing father who was being operated on, may he be well!
We have to choose–between Chaim dying on a Kupat Cholim issued respirator– or Chaim living life with a respirator that helps him breathe. We are not able to receive this advanced respirator through our health fund, as it is not included in the Ministry of Health’s basket for healthcare. The cost– which includes 3 years of servicing by a private company, plus medical support– is around $22,000.
Most of our friends ask us this question whenever they see us:”How can I be of help?”. There are many ways to help Chaim, but the most crucial thing for him now is for us to be able to pay for this new respirator, that is giving him renewed life.
We have a tax deductible number at the Vaad Harabonim office called the ‘Chaim Reznik Fund number: #קרן מספר: 3308
You can get in touch with them in the USA at 1-877-722-2646 or in Israel at 1-800-22-3636. Credit card is the best way to donate thru them.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT YOUR MONEY IS TO GO TO THE FUND FOR CHAIM REZNIK # 3308, AND SHOULD BE EARMARKED AS SUCH.
If you are sending a check, the check should be written out to:
Vaad HaRabbanim Linyanei Tzedaka and the memo on the check should have a clear directive that it is for Chaim’s particular fund number.
The address for dollar checks in America: Rabbi Green for Vaad Harabbanim 221 Regent Drive, Lakewood, N.J. 08701
The address for shekel checks in Israel: Vaad HaRabbanim L’ Tzedaka P.O.B. 50112 Jerusalem
It is a huge organization, helping many people, and if you let us know that you went this route, we can check that your gift to Chaim gets to him.
Please help us get in touch with other people that you know, who either know us, or might want to be part of this group effort to
help give vital life-support to Chaim.
If you don’t need a tax-deduction, want to wire money directly into an account, or prefer to send an occasional check, please contact me at nashira@bezeqint.net. You can also call me at 052-763-9018 /9. From outside of Israel please call: (011)(972)52-763-9018 OR (011)(972)4-692-5251. American checks have become problematic to cash in Israel, so let’s find a way around sending a check to Israel. My sister in Teaneck can also receive American checks for us.
By the way, please come to visit Chaim. Come with a story, sing for Chaim, share your personal news with him, bring him a ‘vort’ from your favorite ‘sefer’. It has always been Chaim’s pleasure to welcome people into our home. And please keep him in your prayers for a complete and total recovery:
Chaim YItzchok ben Gitl.
Thank you for your efforts and time.
Every moment of life is precious. May you be blessed with many healthy, happy and productive years to come.
Zayts Gebentsht.
Mrs.Eydl Reznik, Director
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