“It is very exciting to see the mass mobilization of the general public in order to save lives just be giving blood” stated the Rav of the Kosel and Holy Sites Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz as he visited a Lev Malka organization blood drive hosted in the Mizrachi-Tefachot Bank branch in the Geula neighborhood of Yerushalayim. Hundreds of persons came to donate a unit of blood in response to publicized shortage in the nation’s blood bank.

Rabbi Rabinowitz praised the Lev Malka organization on the initiative, the blood drive. In addition, he expressed admiration for the outstanding effort, turning to the branch’s assistant manager with words of praise for the bank, that willingly made the entire branch available for the blood drive. “You have much merit and you are full partners in saving many civilians who lives will be saved by these units of blood”.

MK Menachem Eliezer Moshes visited the blood drive as well, praising the response in the chareidi community. He said we hope the day will come that such efforts will not be necessary, adding “only one who has received a life-saving unit of blood can really understand the greatness of what is taking place”.

Lev Malka founder and CEO Rav Aharon Aberman thanked MKL Moses for his remarks. He thanked the bank for its hospitality as well, and of course, the hundreds of citizens who responded to the call to donate blood. He also thanked Magen David Adom for manning the blood drive.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)