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Community Shows Up for Blood Drive

Dozens of community members, including Rabbi Shea Hecht of NCFJE, are donating blood at Ahavas Chesed blood drive in Crown Heights, until 9:30 pm tonight. Photos

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Rabbi is always working for us!
July 29, 2019 7:34 pm

Donating blood is so important!

Besides being a mitzvah...
July 29, 2019 7:51 pm

Donating blood apparently has a health benefit. It causes the blood
to renew somewhat, which makes it more slippery and less sticky, thus
lessening the chance of cardiovascular events.

Abba
Reply to  Besides being a mitzvah...
July 29, 2019 11:47 pm

It sure does. Every time I go to the doctor after I give results are always good!

Abba
July 30, 2019 1:24 am

You cannot donate at every blood drive if it’s every month .Must be 56 days in between donations

Heshy
July 30, 2019 2:43 am

Blood letting goes back many years and we find it throughout the gemora. In fact even today there are doctors who use leeches to draw out bad elements in the blood. Someone in my family had it done and they told me how the leeches after sucking out a certain amount of blood,die. Also for hepatitis there is a technique brought down in seforim how to heal it with pigeons. My friend healed someone like that by buying a bunch of birds and by placing them one at a time on the belly button of the infected person,it draws out… Read more »

Thank you Rabbi Hecht
July 30, 2019 9:01 pm

You are a real mentsch. I like the picture of you giving blood while talking on your phone. That takes talent! 🙂

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